WWJLD?
What will Joe Lieberman do at his press conference tomorrow? Retire? Declare that he’s running in 2012 as a Democrat? As a Republican?The Fix speculates.
Biographies
President Lyndon B. Johnson Orders Some Slacks
Anyone with an interest in the United States presidency should delight in this brief telephone conversation between clothier Joe Haggar and President Lyndon B. Johnson in August of 1964.
LBJ is on the hunt for some lightweight slacks, so he calls up Haggar to order some. He needs them about half an inch bigger in the waist than what he had before, and President Johnson goes into some detail about what he needs.
Did Kwilliam Snub Marack?
A new email rumor has Prince William and Kate Middleton snubbing President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle with a pointed non-invitation to their royal wedding in April.
Philip Glass Would Like You to Please Leave Him Alone
Philip Glass pauses for 4’33” while rehearsing at City Recital Hall before his performance tonight in the annual Sydney Festival.
Gabrielle Giffords Surgery Update
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had eye socket surgery today, and it wasn’t too simple:The operation involved opening a window in Giffords’ skull through an
incision over her eyebrow, removing the rim of her eye socket, removing
the bone fragments and then reconstructing the socket with the help of
metal mesh, doctors said. She will need another skull repair surgery,
but that will be done later.
Steve Jobs’s Health: A Chronology
Steve Jobs has announced that he will take a fresh medical leave from Apple, Inc. He didn’t offer details. Steve Jobs also took medical leave in 2009, when he had a liver transplant. Here’s a helpful chronology of his health problems from the LA Times.This was his note to employees today:Team,
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the White House’s Awkward Embrace
Here’s a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., one said to be the last before he was killed:
James Earl Jones is 80 Years Old
The great James Earl Jones was born on this day in 1931. Happy 80th birthday to him!
Miss America 2011 Wants You to Taste the Pigskin
Here’s Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, holding an NFL football last night just minutes after being named to her new post.
Miss America 2011 Biography (with Photos)
Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, exults as she receives her crown in Las Vegas on Saturday night, 15 January. She’s only 17 years old.