This story about President Obama’s first ride aboard Air Force One buried the most important part at the very end: Also unclear is when the new M&Ms will arrive. Air Force One has long stocked boxes with the presidential seal and facsimile signature. But stewards said those bearing the new president’s signature are still likely…

At the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, President Obama took the opportunity announce the creation of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. From the transcript of his remarks: Instead of driving us apart, our varied beliefscan bring us together to feed the hungry and comfort the afflicted; to makepeace where there…

In the context of my earlier thoughts about how the muslim community can help combat extremism, one more thing occurs to me; perhaps what is also needed is a rebranding of the War on Terror. You cannot wage war against an emotion or a tactic, and the Bush Administration’s alternative slogan of “Global Struggle Against…

At the White House National Prayer Breakfast this morning, President Obama quoted (among other things) a Hadith of the Holy Prophet Mohammed SAW: We know too that whatever our differences, there is one law that binds all great religions together. Jesus told us to “love thy neighbor as thyself.” The Torah commands, “That which is…

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