A newborn clouded leopard cub -- see the SCIENCE NUGGET below.
AIG Execs Resign from Controversial Unit from CNN
Oh Dear! What a SHAME!!
"A handful of senior executives working within American International Group Inc's controversial financial products unit have resigned, said a company spokeswoman late on Monday."
The Very Face of Victory (Tom Shales) from the Washington Post
"Most of the facets of President Obama's personality that have made him intensely popular were on display last night during his second prime-time news conference, and so he emerged from it still every inch "President Wonderful," as it were, untouched and intact."
Obama Back in Control (Walter Shapiro) from the New Republic
"How Barack came out on top after the most challenging week of his presidency."
Obama Shoots Back and Scores (Mike Madden) from Salon
Obama's TV Push Jolts Presidential Tradition from the Los Angeles Times
"Let the pundits wail and gnash their teeth about federally funded fat cat bonuses. Let the columnists dissect the stimulus package, explaining, with scholarly harrumphs, why it is or isn't the return of the New Deal, why the new administration is hewing dangerously left, perilously right or just altogether lost. President Barack Obama is not a product of media opinion or analysis; he's a child of television, and although he's not above writing a widely distributed op-ed piece rallying all nations to the G-20 summit, it is in television he trusts."
With Obama to Iran from the Editorial Board of Haaretz [of Israel]
"The new government should give Obama's diplomatic initiative a chance; it must not come out against it or portray it as tacit acceptance of a nuclear-armed Iran or as American abandonment of Israel's security. "
Iran has Problem as 'Great Satan' Turns on the Charm from the Telegraph [of London]
"President Barack Obama's conciliatory and nuanced approach towards Iran confronts its leaders with their greatest foreign policy dilemma since the end of the war with Iraq almost 21 years ago."
The Major Difference between Conservatives and Progressives (Glenn Greenwald) from Salon
"Even though Obama unsurprisingly and understandably remain generally popular with Democrats and liberals alike, there is ample progressive criticism of Obama in a way that is quite healthy and that reflects a meaningful difference between the “conservative movement” and many progressives."
New President Meets New Media (Charlie Cook) from the National Journal
"Obama's unconventional trio of television appearances seems to have paid off."
Another McCain Throws Down a Challenge (Kathleen Parker) from the Washington Post
"The GOP's identity crisis just got more interesting with the media splash of Meghan McCain, daughter of the senator who did not become president."
SCIENCE NUGGET!
Endangered and Adorable: Zoo Research Center Celebrates Leopard Cubs from the Washington Post
"Early yesterday, despite murderous tendencies in the captive species, two newborn clouded leopard cubs were found alive, well and squealing at the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va."
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