News Nuggets 92

Obama to Unveil an Ambitious Budget Plan from the Washington Post

The Republicans are NOT going to be happy with this document!

"President Obama is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious first budget that seeks to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years, primarily by raising taxes on business and the wealthy and by slashing spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration officials said."

Partisan Tally Can't Shake Obama's Optimism (Clarence Page) from the Chicago Tribune

"Obama's optimism grows out of certain realities that don't get much attention in the heat-seeking media."

Grading the Listening Tours from the Washington Post

"With President Obama's trip to Canada, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touring Asia, The Post asked foreign policy experts to assess the expectations on the Obama administration."

Obama: One Month in the White House from the Independent [of London]

"He has committed a few rookie errors and had to deal with a global recession that is only getting worse, but Barack Obama is yet to lose the gloss that won him the election."

The New Deal and Right Wing Revisionism from the Boston Globe

"One might have thought that voters of that day had pretty much settled the question of whether the New Deal worked by enthusiastically reelecting FDR, and not once but three times. But since right-wing revisionism is really an arrow aimed at the current stimulus plan, the effort to discredit the New Deal is worth examining."

The GOP's 'No' Problem (Eleanor Clift) from Newsweek

"Can Obama play the inside game with all its compromise and crassness and like Ronald Reagan still maintain his bond with the American people."

Obama Changes Tone of Politics Among Blacks from the Los Angeles Daily News

"In the age of Obama, African-American politics is less about angry messages from outsiders and more about upbeat affirmations that change is possible."

America Unmasked: The KKK is Alive and Kicking in 2009 from the Independent [of London]

"The USA has a new president but an old problem - and nothing typifies it like today’s Ku Klux Klan. The photographer Anthony Karen gained unprecedented access to the ‘Invisible Empire’"

Obama and Harper Forge a Common Front from The Star [of Toronto]

"U.S. president turns on the charm, heralding a new era of friendly ties with Canada"

HISTORY NUGGET!

Lincoln's Washington from The Washingtonian Magazine

"This was a very different place when Lincoln lived here, but those times—and his extraordinary spirit—still can be found in these landmarks."

ANOTHER HISTORY NUGGET!

Hamilton Home Heads to a Greener Address from the New York Times [from June of last year]

I know Manhattan pretty well, and I had no clue that this place still even existed.  A VERY COOL interactive feature goes with the article.

"No matter that Alexander Hamilton's country home, the Grange, is 206 years old. Until now, it had been in a perfectly contemporary Manhattan real estate bind: not enough space."