The President appears to be doing a victory lap of sorts from the Health Care Summit. Kicking off his weekly message with a congratulatory message to the Winter Olympians, Obama raises their accomplishments as examples for the Congress:
…if we want to compete on the world stage as well as we’ve competed in the world’s [...]
After the Health Care Summit, President Obama had one more item on his plate: the presentation of the National Medals of the Arts and Humanities at the White House. The recipients were selected in 2009 and received their medals yesterday (February 25). This ceremony was postponed due to the shooting at Fort [...]
The Health Care Summit at Blair House (across from the White House) is now in session. I’m listening on C-Span Radio. The WH video feed has a 2-3 second delay. C-Span on-line is 2-3 seconds ahead of the their radio feed. Since I have work to do at the [...]
The Hummer has been banished to Retro-World. And the kingdom rejoiced. Government supported General Motors is shelving the Hummer after a failure to land a sale with heavy equipment maker Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. in China. What does China know that we don’t?
Hummer sales reached their peak in 2003 with [...]
What will Virginia be without the arts and humanities?
Both the Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities have been put on the chopping block by the state’s Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates.
THE ARTS CALL TO ACTION
YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED
Actions by VA Advocates Can Make the Difference
SITUATION
On [...]
As someone who pays for their own health care, I have every right to be dubious of any and all health care plans on the table. Unlike the California customers of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, my BCBS provider is holding their fire on their annual 30% hike on my plan at least for [...]
I don’t know if Kaira “Nikki” Johnson is positioning herself to be a curator, promoter, or impresario for a new generation of visual artists, including herself (graphic artist) but she’s pushing an exhibit of new work by women artists in DC titled “Art of the Soul.” Workshops are included presented by Words Beats & [...]
President Nicolas Sarkozy is the first French head of state to visit Haiti since the revolution and independence from France in 1804. The price of liberation was reparations paid to France by the new Haitian republic. The final payment was made in 1947. France intends to forgive Haiti’s current $56 million debt [...]
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Three years ago I had my first Mardi Gras experience — in New Orleans. It was part of my “Church Lady Cakes” project. Johari Roshad and I went to New Orleans with a suit case of pound cakes for her friends. It was not so much the shock [...]
This week, the President wants to re-institute the Pay-As-You-Go law (from the Clinton era). It’s exercising fiscal responsibility without neglecting the nation’s business. This resembles my mother’s rule for keeping the closet inventory under control: for every new pair of shoes you buy, you get rid of a pair. [...]
