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President Obama Speaks on New Initiatives Aimed at Reducing Gun Violence #StopGunViolence UPDATED with Transcript

January 5, 2016 JanF 10

President Obama Delivers Remarks on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer (Video of the live event includes remarks from a Newtown parent and the president arriving and leaving – event starts at 36:35 […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Making America Safer for Our Children

January 2, 2016 JanF 10

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President reflected […]

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President Obama: Selma “… one day’s commemoration, no matter how special, is not enough”

January 1, 2016 JanF 1

Official White House photographer Pete Souza posted his year-end retrospective on medium.com a few days ago (Behind the Lens: 2015 Year in Photographs). People were posting and Tweeting and blogging their favorites and there were […]

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Weekly Address: Merry Christmas from the President and First Lady

December 25, 2015 JanF 18

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President and […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Top 10 Things that Happened in 2015

December 19, 2015 JanF 12

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President celebrated […]

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President Obama’s Year End Press Conference – UPDATED with Transcript

December 18, 2015 JanF 20

On Friday, December 18th, President Obama will hold a press conference, billed as his year end press conference as the government “shuts down” for the winter holidays. It won’t be a literal shutdown because the […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Standing Strong in the Face of Terrorism

December 12, 2015 JanF 9

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President praised […]

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President Obama: “Our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others”

December 10, 2015 JanF 4

From the White House: On Wednesday, the President travelled to the U.S. Capitol to deliver remarks at an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment. The President was be joined by Members of […]

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President Obama – “Our success won’t depend on tough talk, or abandoning our values, or giving into fear”

December 7, 2015 JanF 14

From the Oval Office: PRESIDENT OBAMA: As a father to two young daughters who are the most precious part of my life, I know that we see ourselves with friends and coworkers at a holiday […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – “We will not be terrorized” – UPDATED

December 5, 2015 JanF 16

UPDATE – Statement by the White House Press Secretary: On Sunday, December 6th at 8:00PM EST, President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office about the steps our government is taking to fulfill […]

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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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Tomorrow, March 20th, at 2:01am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]
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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2025 3
At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2024 3
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2024 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]

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