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  • Why the president looks so exhausted

    Roger Simon, Columnist|Updated Sep 26, 2013

    Barack Obama looks exhausted these days. He looks about as tired, in other words, as the nation feels. He knows this. At a speech Saturday, he said that people are always telling him to “hang in there.” “Don’t worry about me!” Obama said. “I am still fired up ... because I still see the work that needs to be done!” The audience cheered and applauded his old slogan from 2008 — “Fired up! Ready to go!” — the old fire in the belly, the old Obama. But by Sunday, he seemed drained again. Speaking at a memorial to those sla...

  • You, too, can join the ranks and become a slacker spy

    Roger Simon, Columnist|Updated Jun 14, 2013

    Think you’re a loser just because you dropped out of high school and never finished the military training you began? Think you’re a dud just because you work as a security guard even though you dreamed of becoming a global savior? Well, don’t beat yourself up. You, too, can become an international superspy like Edward Snowden. Snowden, 29, and possessing all the qualifications to become a grocery bagger, instead gets hired by the National Security Agency as a security guard, after dropping out of high school and the Army....