One in an excellent series of '100 Day' photos from Time Magazine. We'll be having more over the next week or so. This one is of President Obama looking at a painting of President John Tyler somewhere in the White House, probably the Oval Office.
The Next Lap (Editorial) from Al-Ahram [of Egypt in English]
Fascinating look at how Obama's presidency is playing in the Arab world (and elsewhere).
"...there is no denying that an Obama Phenomenon has altered the global climate. He remains to many the solution to everything: the Arabs, forever kindly predisposed, try to see him as an Arab president of America; likewise Latin Americans, Africans and the wretched of the earth. All dream, with eyes wide open, of the black- skinned messiah. Everyone wants Obama for himself."
Obama Chooses Egypt for Address to Muslim Nations from Agence France-Presse
"President Barack Obama will make his long-awaited address to Muslims in Egypt on June 4, accelerating his bid to mend the US image in the Islamic world from an epicenter of Arab civilization."
Moving Beyond Gut-Check Diplomacy (Eleanor Clift) from Newsweek
"Unlike President Bush, who trusted his instincts, President Obama so far has relied on analysis. Will that be enough?"
UN Ambassador Rice: Nations Want to 'Work with America Again' (Walter Shapiro) from Politics Daily
""What has surprised me – although it is not entirely a surprise – has been the degree to which there has been this opening and welcoming hand, and the desire to renew relations and cooperation with the United States.""
Obama's Understated National Day of Prayer from the Guardian [of London]
"Obama didn't cave to demands for a resolutely 'Judeo-Christian' National Day of Prayer, and the religious right is fuming."
Barack Obama to Walk in Footsteps of Uncle Who Helped Free Buchenwald from the Times [of London]
"He is expected to travel to Buchenwald on June 5, the day before taking part in commemoration events for the 65th anniversary of the landing of Allied troops in Normandy."
We Need More Dick Cheney (Paul Begala) from the Daily Beast
"That’s right, Republicans. Listen to former Vice President Cheney. Don’t come up with new ideas."
Michelle Obama: Mom-in-Chief from The Nation
"[Feminists] worry that Michelle is being manufactured and handled in a way that thwarts her authenticity and undermines the efforts of feminist movements committed to the notion that women can and should have both family and career. ... I want to complicate this easy narrative a bit by encouraging us to remember that as an African American woman the stereotypes against which Michelle is struggling are distinct from those that seek to limit and inhibit white women."
HUMOR NUGGET!!
The Official George W. Bush Librarium from GoodNightBush.com
One can look at this thing for quite a while and find endless jokes and lots of visual humor. It kind of reminds me of something Mad Magazine would have done in the 1970s.
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