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‘Nobody can stop you’

Here are edited excerpts of President Obama’s speech to the Morehouse College Class of 2013, delivered on May 19 in Atlanta during a driving thunderstorm. Graduates, I am humbled to stand here with all of you as an honorary Morehouse Man. I finally made it. And as I do, I’m mindful of an old saying: [...]

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

It started with a phone call from the White House

College administrator tells how president came to address Morehouse College BY ASHLEY THOMAS FLORIDA COURIER To have the president of the United States speak at your graduation is no easy feat. In fact, the office of the president rejects hundreds of speaking requests each year. So how did Atlanta-based Morehouse College get the most powerful [...]

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Secret Service: Suspicious letter mailed to Obama

By Julie Pace, Associated Press: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that contained a “suspicious substance.” A law enforcement official said the letter is very similar to one recently mailed to Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker. That letter tested positive Tuesday for poisonous ricin. The official [...]

April 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Consequence to cuts no one thought would happen

By Tom Raum, Associated Press: WASHINGTON – It’s not the first time that government economic engineering has produced a time bomb with a short fuse. Back in 2011, few lawmakers, if any, thought deep and indiscriminate spending cuts, totaling about $85 billion and now starting to kick in, were a smart idea. The across-the-board cuts, set up [...]

March 2, 2013No CommentRead More

Reports: Obama to speak at Morehouse graduation

EURWEB.COM A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The White House official declined to speak on the record because the schedule of Obama’s commencement speeches has not been released. Obama typically speaks each spring at a handful [...]

February 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Tiger Woods joins vacationing Obama for golf round

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press: PALM CITY, Fla. – President Barack Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods, the White House said. Once the sport’s dominant player before his career was sidetracked by scandal, Woods joined Obama at the Floridian, a secluded and exclusive yacht and golf club on Florida’s Treasure Coast where Obama is [...]

February 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Inauguration offers brief pause from TV bickering

By David Bauder, Associated Press: NEW YORK — The second inauguration of President Barack Obama gave television networks a chance to bask in the majesty of a Washington event that unites Americans of all beliefs and ideologies — at least for a moment. Then it was back to business as usual: the dissemination of widely [...]

January 21, 2013No CommentRead More

Obama’s Inauguration Day is a day for MLK Jr., too

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press: WASHINGTON — Monday’s inaugural may be President Barack Obama’s big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities. A quirk in the calendar pushed Obama’s public swearing-in onto the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader, and inaugural planners have taken pains to acknowledge that [...]

January 20, 2013No CommentRead More

Obama ’08 campaign fined $375,000 by FEC

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for reporting violations related to a set of donations received during the final days of the campaign. The fines are among the largest ever levied on a presidential campaign by the FEC and stem [...]

January 4, 2013No CommentRead More

Very few hotels sold out for January inauguration

FROM WIRE REPORTS President Barack Obama attracted millions to Washington D.C. when he was first inaugurated in 2009, but observers say that this time around may be a bit different. Although he’s making history for a second time, being the first African-American president elected for a second term, fewer people, something around 600,000 to 800,000 [...]

January 3, 2013No CommentRead More