Obama's Blog
- Message from Michelle Obama: "Our first guest"
- President-Elect Obama Arrives in Washington, D.C.
- Join us at the Inauguration
- One Year Ago: "Sometimes there are nights like this"
- President-Elect Obama on the Selection of Michael Bennet: "An excellent choice"
- Video: President-Elect Obama on Econonmic Recovery and Reinvestment
- 18 Days
- New Year's Open Thread
- New Year's Eve: One Year Ago
- Generation Change
Democratic National Committee
- Saturday Open Thread
- Friday Open Thread
- Thursday Open Thread
- Wednesday Open Thread
- Tuesday Open Thread
- Monday Open Thread
- Sunday Open Thread
- Saturday Open Thread
- Evening Open Thread
- Rep. Solis Named Labor Secretary; Fmr. Rep. LaHood to Lead Transportation
New York Times Opinion
- Op-Ed Columnist: The Afghan Quagmire
- Op-Ed Columnist: The Confidence War
- Op-Ed Contributor: Where Is Our Ferdinand Pecora?
- Editorial: Incursion Into Gaza
- Editorial: The Best Interests of the Child
- Editorial: Still Broken After All These Years
- Editorial: Appreciations: Senator Claiborne Pell’s Vision
- The Opinionator: How Intelligent a Choice?
- Proof: The Give and the Take
- Measure for Measure: A Year in Love and Music
- Think Again: The 10 Best American Movies
- Letters: Dark Days for Israel and Gaza
- Letters: Looking at President Bush and His Place in History
- Letter: California’s Budget
- Letter: The Psychological Casualties of the Iraq War
Southern Sojourner (Scott Cole)
Huffington Post
- Chicago Adds More High-Level Teachers A record number of nationally certified teachers are now working in Chicago Public schools. Last year, more than 320 Chicago teachers became Nationally Board Certified, one of the profession's top seals of approval. That's over…
- Nigerian Motorcyclists Dodge Helmet Laws By Wearing Vegetables Motorcyclists in Nigeria have been wearing dried pumpkin shells on their heads to dodge new laws forcing them to wear helmets, authorities have said. Officials in the northern city of Kano said they had stopped…
- Obama Puts Out The Panetta Fire Barack Obama was forced into his first real rift with congressional Democrats on Monday when two influential Senators complained publicly about not having been consulted on his choice for head of the Central Intelligence Agency.…
- Burris Awarded Millions In Contracts To Campaign Contributors As AG During Roland Burris' first full fiscal year as Illinois attorney general, more than half of the money his office awarded for outside legal work went to campaign contributors, according to a book published by Illinois…
- Another Guantanamo Prison Grows In Afghanistan The incoming Obama Administration says it wants to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay. But even if Guantánamo closes, the controversial U.S. practice of jailing suspected al-Qaeda militants and other terrorists indefinitely…
- Feinstein: Seat Burris In Senate WASHINGTON — Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply…
- Hyde Park Returns To Near-Normalcy After The Obamas' Departure Some things in the neighborhood haven't changed. Leftover holiday lights still flicker, and police still block the Obamas' block. But residents say there is a sense that living here is returning to a pre-Obama-fervor feel,…
- Scritti Politti: January 6, 2007 Hello. Eat The Press used to do a tidy little roundup post, of links to things worth reading about, at the end of the day. Then, Eat The Press didn't do this anymore. I've decided…
- Greta Van Susteren Slams CNN For Insulting Sarah Palin Greta Van Susteren has taken to her blog, GretaWire, to again hit CNN — this time for insulting Sarah Palin publicly and privately issuing an apology. CNN included Palin on its year-end list of politicians…
- 'Fairness Doctrine': Ann Coulter Joins Paranoia Festival So, I get emails from Ann Coulter now. And terrifyingly, these emails detail the dreams she has, at night. ...in my dream it was 12 noon, so naturally I tuned in for my daily dose…
Washington Post
- The Party of Tomorrow
- Our Stake in the Bailouts
- Obama's Chance for a Blue Legacy
- A War Hamas Caused
- Fighting to the End
- Our Two-Front Fiscal Challenge
- Stimulus Equals Stopgap
- The Three-State Option
- The Art of Getting Confirmed
Los Angeles Times
- MIA in Mumbai
- Make us love you again, Mr. President
- L.A., the next Mumbai?
- Same-sex marriage is too limiting
- Should we tax pot?
- 'War on terror' -- an exercise in folly
- Man as scavenger
- LAPD redeployment is the right move
- HIV and circumcision
- Nationalize GM
Birmingham News
- Argo to consider ordinance to allow bingo
- Storms knock out power to 3,460 in Birmingham and Hoover
- Alabama Power wins PSC OK to offer customers $20 to cut air conditioning for brief periods
- No serious problems in flood-prone Trussville, but officials say they're staying on alert
- Walter Industries says it will close Jim Walter Homes subsidiary, cutting 230 jobs
- Ted Roof set to be Auburn's defensive coordinator
- Jefferson County deputies investigating car wreck find man with gunshot wound
- Thunderstorms, tornadoes possible in Jefferson, Shelby counties
- Rock slide reported on Cahaba River Road in southern Jefferson County
- Council approves $50,000 to pay for inauguration celebration
Inter Press Service - Global
- RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Awaiting Gitmo's Closure
- MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
- U.S.: Networks' Int'l News Coverage at Record Low in 2008
- MIDEAST: U.S. Branch of Amnesty Calls on Rice to Drop "Lopsided" Stance
- IRAN: ‘I Want to Present a Different View of the Women in My Country’
- MIDEAST: Jewish Organisations Call For End to Gaza Bombings
- MIDEAST: ‘Civilians Are Paying the Price in Gaza’
- MIDEAST: Israeli Attack Seen as Complicating Obama’s Plans
- POLITICS: Security Council Mildly Rebukes Israel’s Gaza Attacks
- MEXICO: Gays Defend Their Right to Be Catholic
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