Barack Obama: A Birthday Timeline

Barack Obama: A Birthday Timeline

Ever think to yourself as a kid, “Gee, I wonder where I’ll be when I’m 50?”If you’re Barack Obama, the answer to that question turned out to be: “In the White House, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, as the duly-elected President of the United States.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson Died Only Seven Years Ago

Henri Cartier-Bresson Died Only Seven Years Ago

French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson died on this day, August 3rd, in 2004. He was 95 years old. One of the great post-war photographers, Cartier-Bresson had been a prisoner of the Nazis from 1940 to 1943.

Gabrielle Giffords Is Back in Congress

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords just made her first appearance in Congress since she was shot in the head in January.  To vote on the debt ceiling deal, of all things.

D.B. Cooper: Here We Go Again

D.B. Cooper: Here We Go Again

D.B. Cooper fanboys can rejoice: the FBI says it has a mysterious new person of interest in the 40-year-old skyjacking case.

The (Deadly?) Origins of ‘The Road Not Taken’

Many were the walks when Thomas would guide Frost on the promise of rare wild flowers or birds’ eggs, only to end in self-reproach when the path he chose revealed no such wonders.

Kim Jong-Il Looking At Things

Kim Jong-Il Looking At Things

North Korea’s dear leader gets his own Tumblr. Now we know what his days have in common with Queen Elizabeth’s. { Hat tip: TNW }