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11.12.2009 2:21 pm

A classical music celebration at the White House

By Fred Bronstein

I recently had the unique opportunity to be present at a reception and concert hosted by President and Mrs. Obama in the East Room of the White House. The concert was the culmination of a day celebrating classical…

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10.27.2009 9:00 pm

Fox hunt: ‘The ineffectual in full pursuit of the uncredible.’

Barack Obama and Chris Wallace in happier days, before one became president and the other got snubbed.

Barack Obama and Chris Wallace in happier days, before one became president and the other got snubbed.

Oscar Wilde once described fox hunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the inedible.” What would he have said about Fox hunting? Perhaps…

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07.29.2009 12:15 pm

Real Men of Genius

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06.16.2009 11:45 am

Same as the old boss?

MSNBC is reporting the the Obama administration has denied its request to see the White House visitors’ log. The Bush administration also blocked access to the log.

According to MSNBC, the White House also denied Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s…

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03.24.2009 9:00 pm

A broken system leads unlikely allies to push for health reform

A patient checks in a a clinic located inside a Wal-Mart store in this AP file photo.

A patient checks in at a clinic inside a Wal-Mart store in this AP file photo.

And now for something completely different: a few kind words about Wal-Mart.

Say what you will about it — in the past, we and other critics…

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03.04.2009 9:01 pm

Reforming a health care system that’s too big to fail

American taxpayers already have spent more than $2 trillion bailing out banks and insurance companies. Can we afford to reform health care, too?
It’s an understandable question, one that will be at center stage today when the White House hosts a…

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01.16.2009 4:56 pm

We agree that the disengagement will make us stronger*

Dana Perino | AP

Dana Perino | AP

Dana Perino, President George W. Bush’s press secretary, gave her final press briefing today, and we’re a little sad about that. Perino’s press briefings were extraordinarily watchable.

She could be stern and uncompromising or funny and ironic. She…

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08.03.2008 9:00 pm

The half-trillion-dollar hole

ask_ap_opt.jpgAmid the hoopla of the presidential campaign last week, as candidates were delivering their hopeful economic messages, a dull missive from the government’s bean counters landed with a thud:
The White House Budget Office said it expects next year’s federal deficit to…

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