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Obama speaks to the 65th TV Correspondents Association Dinner

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John Hodgman at the Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner

As consistently funny as everything else he does. Despite his spockish calm and gangly frame, the president is known to dabble in sports...and not just bowling, but the hard stuff. What they call 'basketsball.' </param></param></param></embed>

Holy jesus, indeed

I am so embarrassed for these guys. </param></param></param></embed>

The Tiananmen Solution

From Dan Savage: The massive demonstrations in Prague in November of 1989 that came to be known as the Velvet Revolution began with protesters—students mostly—being beaten in the streets and ended with the fall of that country's communist regime ...

Iran's Disputed Election on The Big Picture

Great coverage as always of the unrest in Iran from the Big Picture. Really tremendous photos of what’s going on in Iran right now.

Happiness in Business

Flyover Country, indeed

Gary soon makes you realize the pitfalls of modern, free-market capitalism, unhindered by checks and balances, a boom-town driven purely by the motive of profit. Jonathan Haeber I was forced to visualize the building at its nadir, when you...

And on a lighter note...

I should be asleep right now, since I’m leaving on a jetplane (back next Friday) for San Francisco at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Toothbrush? Check. Credit card? Check. WWDC registration confirmation? Check. Virgin America first class seat? Check...

Sacrifice

Not my photo, but still very fitting. All of my blessings and best wishes to everyone wearing an American flag around the world, and…well, honestly, what I was going to say seemed trite. Instead, just spend a moment thinking about those who have...

One for my homies

Bea Arthur dead at 86. Sad.