Aug 9 2010

Obama, NBA ‘Dream Team’ Take It to the Hoop in Washington

How’s this for a birthday wish come true, sports fans: a pick-up basketball game with an NBA “Dream Team” featuring LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, retired legends Magic Johnson and Bill Russell and others? The birthday guy was President Obama, who, with a formidable left-handed jumper, got to compete with the all-stars in a [...]


Jul 20 2010

Elena Kagan Shared Little in Hearings; Senators Shared All They Could

During his prime-time special a few weeks ago, it took the narcissistic basketball star Lebron James about half an hour to tell the world what it already knew. Things being as windy as they are on Capitol Hill, it took the Senate Judiciary Committee more than two hours longer to do likewise on Tuesday when [...]


Jul 19 2010

Barack O’Clock: The Economy, Basketball, Space Exploration and … Broadway!

It’s a Manic Monday at the White House on July 19: The president will tackle everything from the economy to women’s basketball to the U.S. space program — capping it all off with an evening event celebrating Broadway. (We’re holding out hope that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs participates in an administration-wide “Cats” singalong.) Here’s what’s [...]