Barack Obama, graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, broker of normalized relations between the United States and Cuba, and the nation’s first black president, does not have time to call a 39-year-old woman to offer his condolences for the loss of her cat. It’s bordering on an episode of Broad City. I said something like, “I really appreciate this call. I know this is awful.” “He’s been around since the beginning,” he replied.
