Former president and current very-old person Jimmy Carter has admitted to handwriting all of his correspondence because he's very old and also very scared of the NSA.

In an interview with CNN on the eve of The Carter Center's upcoming human rights forum, former president Jimmy Carter took the opportunity to weigh in about his dear old friend, celebrity racist Paula Deen.

Trying to be cooler than Bill Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter says that he thinks America has taken great strides in accepting homosexuality and that the country is ready for a gay president. Barney Frank just formed an exploratory committee.

As he does every Wednesday, Dennis Miller spoke to Bill O'Reilly on tonight's Factor. And as always, Miller talked mad shiz about people—Julian Assange and Jimmy Carter, tonight—while using as many lame puns as humanly possible. Watch inside.

Barack Obama threw a bone to the hippies today by announcing his plan to place solar panels on the White House roof. Take that, hydrocarbons. But won't the next Republican president just rip these panels off, again?

Jimmy Carter is sick of taking shit for the last 30 years, so guess what? He's just going to brag now. In an interview today he said he's the best post-president ever. Don't like that? Deal with it.

[Jimmy Carter lands in Boston with Aijalon Gomes, the American citizen whose prison release Carter secured from North Korea. Now, American citizens: let's stop wandering across the North Korean border, okay? We're running out of ex-presidents. Image via Getty.]

Jimmy Carter has arrived in gay North Korea, where he hopes to secure the release of an imprisoned American. Here's a clip of him landing and greeting a little girl, who says some North Korean stuff to him. [via]

Jimmy Carter leaves today for North Korea where he will try to secure the release of American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who was arrested for illegally entering the country in January. Maybe ignoring international borders isn't a good idea? [Foreign Policy]

Thursday was International Beer Day! Did you raise a glass of beer to former president Jimmy Carter? You should have: Carter's actions as president helped start the brewing renaissance that helps keep your local stocked with delicious craft beers.

The Secret Service is investigating an effigy hung (hanged?) from a building in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter's hometown. The doll was found hanging on Main St. along with a sign helpfully identifying it as Obama. Small town USA! [AP] [photo]