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Obama's Private Life

Obama's Private Life : The List
President Obama, a known laugher, was allegedly a bit of a pothead in his high school days.

'The Choom Gang': 9 juiciest details from Barack Obama's days as a pothead

Excerpts from an upcoming biography of the president make some interesting allegations about his innovative toking techniques, shady drug dealer, and more

 
Obama's Private Life : Analysis
President Obama poses with his grandparents around the time he was a student at Columbia University in the early 1980s.

A young Obama in love: 7 takeaways from a juicy biography

Vanity Fair publishes excerpts from a new book on the president, delving into an intense love affair that Obama had when he was a a young man in New York

 
Obama's Private Life : Fact Sheet
President Obama's appetite for pop culture ranges from Trekkie to hip-hop.

8 insights into Barack Obama's pop-culture tastes

The Commander-in-Chief loves Homeland, Jay-Z, and, as proven by a recently released photo, classic Star Trek — earning the giddy approval of the cultural elite

 
Obama's Private Life : Best Video
Jimmy Fallon and First Lady Michelle Obama play tug of war during a TV appearance in which Mrs. Obama promoted her "Let's Move" fitness initiative.

Michelle Obama's 'charming' media assault: A video roundup

Watch the normally restrained first lady hula hoop with Jimmy Fallon, do pushups with Ellen DeGeneres, and more...

 
Obama's Private Life : Opinion Brief
The first lady dismisses a New York Times' reporter's account that she clashed with some of the president's closest confidants.

Michelle Obama's rebuttal: I'm not 'some angry black woman'

In a CBS News interview, the first lady denounces the bruising portrayal of her in Jodi Kantor's new book

 
Obama's Private Life : The List
From Obama's aged appearance to the absence of the First Dog, the Obamas' new family portrait is being thoroughly dissected online.

The new Obama family portrait: 5 talking points

The White House unveiled a new official First Family portrait on Thursday, and quite a few things have changed since 2009

 
Obama's Private Life : Opinion Brief
'The Kardashians' reality show is, apparently, a mildly divisive issue in the White House TV room.

Should the Obama kids be allowed to watch the Kardashians?

The First Couple disagree over whether their daughters should "keep up with" the vapid reality TV beauties — prompting a parenting debate

 
Obama's Private Life : Petty Controversy
According to right-wing bloggers who can apparently read lips through obstructions, Michelle Obama has no patience for the American flag.

Petty controversy: Misreading Michelle Obama's lips

The hardline conservative blogosphere insists the first lady badmouthed the flag — even though no one heard what she said

 
Obama's Private Life : Slideshow
Obama's summer reading picks: A slideshow

Obama's summer reading picks: A slideshow

Let the annual literary dissection begin

 
Obama's Private Life : Slideshow
Presidents on vacation: A visual retrospective

Presidents on vacation: A visual retrospective

How chief executives (briefly) escape the White House pressure cooker — from Harry Truman's fishing trips to Obama's Martha's Vineyard retreats

 
Obama's Private Life : Slideshow
President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday in Chicago.

Obama's 50th and other presidential birthdays: A visual history

JFK had Marilyn and a huge cake, George W. had fried chicken, and Bush senior jumped out of a plane

 
Obama's Private Life : Best Column
The president in Chicago in the early 1980s: In a lengthy New York Times Magazine profile, Janny Scott delves into the lives of Obama and his mother in Indonesia in the late 1960s.

The New York Times profile of Obama's mom: 6 takeaways

The Times' Sunday magazine runs a long excerpt from Janny Scott's upcoming book on the First Mother

 
Obama's Private Life : Opinion Brief
Obama was briefly locked out of the Oval Office after returning to the White House earlier than staffers expected.

Obama locked out of the White House

All the GOP's dreams have come true, as the president finds himself denied entry to the Oval Office

 
Obama's Private Life : Slideshow
Though Bo is a purebred Portuguese Water Dog, a breed that historically helped Portuguese fishermen herd fish into nets, the First Dog reportedly does not know how to swim.  His football skills are, at least, adequate.

Obama and Bo: A photo retrospective of the First Dog

No matter how tough the debates in Washington, Barack Obama has at least one unquestionably loyal ally

 
Obama's Private Life : Opinion Brief
"I didn't depict the first lady as fat - just a hearty eater!" says cartoonist Batton Lash.

The 'vile' first lady cartoon

Did a political cartoon mocking Michelle Obama as a two-faced burger-scarfer go too far?

 
Obama's Private Life : Opinion Brief
Michelle Obama wore a British-designed Alexander McQueen dress to a state dinner last month, to the dismay of American designers.

The fashion industry vs. Michelle Obama

Some in the American fashionistas think the First Lady should wear more homegrown designers, but she says she wants to focus more on her causes and less on her clothes

 

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