Quietly, without trumpets, fan fare, ticker tape parades or walks outside of the limo that give the secret service heart attacks, President Barack Obama has been changing the way the executive branch of the government does business online.  Not only that he's influencing the other branches, in part...

Hat tip: Craig Hickman From The New York Daily News: Conflict-of-interest issues grow for President Obama's new urban czar Adolfo CarrionBY Greg B. SmithDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER President Obama's new urban czar, Adolfo Carrión, admitted Tuesday he has not paid an architect who designed a renovation ...

Financial literacy workshop series helps college students master saving and control spending. Published in Wire Tap Magazine. (This story originally appeared on Black College Wire ) When he was 18, John Hope Bryant spent six months homeless. He lived in his car until he could find another place to l...

According to Richard Leibly of The Washington Post , "Washington must have power couples. It needs them, or at least the idea of them." With the dawning of the Age of Obama in our nation's capital, a new social structure is coming into play and Washingtonians are moving place cards aro...

At the fifty day mark of this Administration, I think this photo from yesterday's TIME White House Photo Blog carries a bit of weight. The caption reads: President Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House to sign an Executive Order on stem cells and a Presidential Memorandum on scientific i...

Holy Cow! If we were to bestow our "Ignorant Dolt of the Week" , on Chuck Norris, Glenn Beck, and the gang at Restore The Republic , we would have to retire it. Or, otherwise, endure crippled fingers, being fed intraveniously, while writing a never-ending post. Norris, in his "I may run for presiden...

The Hill reports on the good news: Charles Freeman, the Obama administration’s choice to head the National Intelligence Council, has withdrawn from consideration after facing strong opposition from Senate Republicans. Actually Senate Democrats like Chuck Schumer and “Independent Democrat...

Golly gee - after seeing how an image of President Obama on the WH’s website was named, in part, “hero” for his “heroic” efforts on lifting the Bush-era limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, after reading his tribute to the late actor Christopher R...

The new meme from the MSM is that President Obama is ' taking on too much.' Poster Myth has this in response: I started this conversation yesterday, and I still want a vigorous debate that talks me down about how much is TOO MUCH: Who is most afraid that the President of the United States is trying ...

...Before White And Black America Will Have An Open And Honest Conversation About Race Led By Attorney General Eric "You're A Coward, So That's The End Of This Conversation" Holder "What are all these damn cowardly white people starring at me for? Hey, mister, don't you dare think that because your ...