The Not-Always-White House

Whatever happens over the course of the Obama presidency, there's one historical milestone that cannot be undone: the presence of an African-American family in a White House that was built in part by slave labor. These photos by White House photographer Pete Souza are worth looking at.

The Blair Witch Project

As I write in Newsweek this week, Tony Blair remains an esteemed figure in the distant ballrooms and boardrooms where he makes much of his money these days. But at home the former prime minister has become a British version of Lyndon Johnson, his substantial accomplishments buried beneath a mountain of opprobrium over his role in the Iraq War. Any attempt to defend his record during a decade as prime minister evaporates instantly in the heat of anti-Blair rage, and so it will be for some time to come.