THE PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY ENTERS THE OVAL OFFICE SECRETARY: Sir, the chief demographer of the United States is here. PRESIDENT: Show him in. DEMOGRAPHER: Mr. President, I… PRESIDENT: Be quick about it. I still have to finish writing my speech for tonight, ordering all registered Republicans to wear yellow armbands. DEMOGRAPHER: That’s exactly why I am…
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Word is circulating that President Obama has refused to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister visits the United Nations next week. The relationship between the two leaders has been strained in recent years, and Netanyahu has expressed disappointment with Obama’s tepid response to the threat of an Iranian nuclear-weapons program. The White…
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In my more desperate moments I like to imagine that Ronald Reagan is still in the White House, and that he is contemplating the menace posed by Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and nuke-bearing missiles. You may recall that Iran released the U.S. embassy hostages in 1981 at virtually the same moment that Reagan lugged…
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