Nelson Mandela Buried in Small Town Where He Grew Up
Nelson Mandela was buried Sunday in the small town he grew up in, capping ten days of mourning for the South African leader and anti-apartheid crusader.
'Selfie Seen Round the World' Photographer Speaks Out: 'Photos Lie'
It wasn't really a "selfie," much less a "funeral selfie," but the juxtaposition of Nelson Mandela's memorial, President Obama's playfulness, and FLOTUS's ostensible "stern look" was too much for the world to pass up.
Shut the Hell Up About a Presidential Handshake Now, Please
There are plenty of reasons to be cross with President Barack H. Obama. Glad-handing with Raul Castro—the Fredo Corleone of Cuba's ruling Castro family—isn't one of them.
Obama in the Doghouse After Taking Too-Friendly Selfie with Danish PM
A photo from today's Mandela memorial of President Obama snapping a funeral selfie alongside UK PM David Cameron and Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt while an unamused Michelle scowls nearby is making the rounds right now, but it only tells a fragment of the full story.
African-American conservative: In retrospect, I'm really, really sorry I wanted Mandela to stay in jail. But you know, it was the '80s! and we thought he "was just another Fidel Castro or a Pol Pot, itching to slip from behind bars, savage his country, and surf atop the bones of his victims."
Nelson Mandela Released From Hospital, But George Bush Thought He Died
Nelson Mandela, former South African president and global anti-oppression icon, has been released from a hospital in Pretoria where he has been ailing since June. He will continue his difficult recovery from home.
