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Where in the World is the RP?

Welcome back to your favorite game show — with the winner receiving a free, signed copy of The RP's The Compassionate Community: Ten Values to Unite America.

Below is a picture of The RP with his gorgeous posse (Mrs. RP and the RP-ettes).  For a hint about the location, take a careful look at what is protruding in the back center of the photo.

The first person to guess the correct location in the comments section below this piece wins.  (Close friends and family are disqualified — but they...

The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Fame

The Politics of Fame

 

Be sure to stop at McDonald's before you go. That's right, the Queen is only serving canapes at the royal wedding. [New York Times]

Who needs Hillary or Kissinger as diplomats, when you have Pauly D, Snooki and the Situation? Season 4 of Jersey Shore goes international. America's finest hour of diplomacy is at hand. [TMZ]

Because his first show wasn't funny enough as it was, Glenn Beck now wants to make his own version of the Daily Show. [LA Times]

And then there was one...

Steven Schulman: The Greatest Job in the World

I have the greatest job in the world — or so I am told nearly every week or so, typically by a law student, but sometimes by colleagues and adversaries.  No, I am not the shortstop for the Boston Red Sox (Jed Lowrie is doing just fine, thank you very much). 

I am a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, an international law firm with more than 800 attorneys around the world.  And not just *any* partner, but the Pro Bono Partner, leading a firm-wide practice group in which more than 550 of ...

Tomorrow at The Recovering Politician

Another day, another half-dozen posts at The Recovering Politician…

Tomorrow, we will introduce a new Friend of the RP.  Our younger readers will want to pay close attention to this piece:  He's the only person I know who made partner at a huge, international law firm without billing an hour.  And he still isn't billing clients.

We'll also have another edition of that ultra-popular game show, Where in the World is the RP?  Pay close attention to the Web site  (That means click in every five...

The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Laughter

The Politics of Laughter

I humbly present to you: a small penguin being tickled. [Tumblr]

When given the choice of joining the Dark Side or battling Darth Vader a young girl decides where her allegiance lies. [YouTube]

Net worth in America – funny or depressing? You be the judge. [comic]

Worst anti-drug ad ever? Probably. [image]

Tracy Morgan breaks down social media [image (Twitter)]

The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Recovery

Something you can't recover from? Being born with a regrettable last name. Poor Sister Schmuck! [The Atlantic]

The group you wouldn't believe was hit hardest by the recession: college-educated white males. [Newsweek]

See terrifying footage of the tornadoes and storms that ripped across the U.S. over the weekend. [New York Times]

What's more important, saving the nation's budget or saving the nation's gray wolf population? Last week, Congress had to choose. [Time]

One year after the BP Oil Spill, ...

Ronald J. Granieri: Form, Function & Fantasy in Foreign Policy

NATO's operations in Libya have created a very odd moment in international affairs. The decision to commit US and NATO forces to help the embattled rebels by imposing a no fly zone happened so fast there was barely any time for an actual debate. The momentum for swift action, however, has dissipated now that the decision has been made, leaving us with a stalemate on the ground and with lingering concerns that, almost in a fit of insensibility, the US and its allies have begun an adventure...

The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of The Diamond

The Politics of the Diamond

The Tampa Bay Rays were not supposed to compete this year, after dumping most of their payroll last year. They really weren't supposed to compete after it was announced that Evan Longoria was injured. They really, really weren't once Manny Ramirez retired. However, here we are, almost a month into the season, and the Rays are in second place in the AL East.  And Evan Longoria might be coming back soon. [mlb.com]

Tim "The Freak" Lincecum took a no-hitter into the 7th ...

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: Faith, Politics & Budget Battles

 

I want to thank Jonathan Miller for giving me the chance…as a recovering politician…to contemplate this week on the relation between faith and politics. 

After my eight years as Lt. Governor of Maryland, I wrote "Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way."  I thought that many churches that had once served as a counterweight to a nation overly obsessed with money were no longer were fulfilling this critical function.

Religious...

Tomorrow at The Recovering Politician

Tomorrow morning, we lead off with a timely piece from a special new recovering politician.

She is a nationally renowned leader, a former Lt. Governor, and also happens to be the daughter of my father's hero.  (If you don't know who she is by this description, then you haven't been reading all my posts: DO YOUR HOMEWORK!)

She is also the author of a thoughtful book on faith and politics.  So it is fitting that her inaugural piece for The Recovering Politician focuses on that very subject...