CBS White House Correspondent Chip Reid blogs today about an exchange between White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and veteran reporter Helen Thomas. The questions actually followed up on something Reid himself asked during Friday’s daily press briefing: when will Obama do another press conference?
The most recent Obama press conference was on July 22, 2009. [...]
Gary, Indiana, leaders, fearful of having to cut their excessive spending, have asked the State of Indiana to grant them the ability to continue collecting the highest property taxes in the State instead of following tax caps that every other municipality must adhere to.
In today’s Times article posted here it’s reported Gary’s revenue from property [...]
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Howard Dean yesterday and today has been been making some good sense on the desire of Democrats and President Obama to pass anything they can possibly label as healthcare reform in order to claim they kept a campaign promise. This isn’t necessarily news. For weeks and months they have been watering down the bill to [...]
Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced visit to Kabul today (ironically, Al Roker is also in town) to reassure the Afghan government that our commitment to them is strong. In return, President Hamid Karzai, who has come under fire since his recent re-election for potentially unfair electoral practices said that while his government intends to [...]
The journeys continue…
Click here for Journeys without George: The Emirates Strike Back.
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And here for Journeys without George: The Return of Jordan.
I will be speaking at Purdue University on September 25, 2009, at 1:30pm in MTHW 210. If you’re on campus or around West Lafayette, please stop by. The topic of my remarks is Media & Politics: A Digital Marriage.
Other events coming as well - so stay tuned!
I had the great pleasure of not only meeting Jay Leno in Vegas this past weekend but also spending 25 minutes talking politics with him! It was a really interesting discussion (don’t worry, there were laughs in there too). Thanks to Mr. Leno for taking the time to chat with us, his staff and the [...]
He lived a long life - 97 years - including an Oscar, an Emmy and serving as the head of the Motion Picture Association of American. Gary native Karl Malden passed away today.
Twice I wrote to Malden about our common backgrounds. The first time was after I read his book, When Do I Start?. A [...]
I will be on Fox News’ Live Desk today at 1:30pm ET/12:30pm CT. Tune in if you can. We’re talking about Senate Democrats stripping away funding for the closure of Gitmo.
Wanted to pass this link along. One of my comments following Pelosi’s press conference yesterday made this blog post.
