Sailing Away: 100+ Years Of Presidents On Vacation (PHOTOS)

May 13, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Sailing Away: 100+ Years Of Presidents On Vacation (PHOTOS) It's not just people like us who like vacations. The leaders of the free world have also been known to enjoy some ice cream at the beach. Or a few rounds of golf. Or a good elephant shoot. Or, more recently, a jaunt on a Segway. This wasn't always the case. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to take his professional responsibilities on vacation. In the summer of 1902 he headed for Oyster Bay, New York for a working holiday.  Continue reading... FIRST CONTACT These Horses Need New Homes! LOOK: Sweetlife's Muddy Fun Day Awww, RGIII's Wedding Registry FBI Agent Charged In Shooting Death Of Wife 'Great Gatsby' Film Inspires Visits To Odd Fitzgerald Landmark LOOK: Touching Note Prince Harry Left At Arlington Cemetery 'Great Gatsby' Film Inspires Visits To Odd Fitzgerald Landmark Daughter And Boyfriend Charged With Brutal Murder Of Father LOOK: Really Smart Kids Win Awesome World Record LOOK: Touching Note Prince Harry Left At Arlington Cemetery JOHN DEAR After Maryland, 32 States Left to Go Maryland's had the death penalty since 1638; that is, until last Thursday when Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed a law abolishing it. You could say that after nearly 400 years, Maryland has finally entered the age of enlightenment. Continue reading... TOM SEMIOLI Respect for Native Americans: Sports Fans Should Heed Sly Stone's Advice Native American groups continue their losing streak in the courtroom as well as in the court of public opinion, likely due to the fact that such behavior has been part of the American sports fabric for so many years that we have fallen ignorant to its harmful effects. Continue reading... BRYAN CAPLAN The Federal Pay Scale: Inflated Yet Compressed Yes, the federal government pays more for B.A.s than the private sector does. The reason, though, is not that the federal government overpays for credentials. The reason, rather, is that the federal government overpays for breathing. Continue reading... SEEMA JILANI My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner I don't need you to "tolerate" me. I don't want you to merely put up with my presence. All I ask, all I have ever asked, is to be treated as a human being, that bigoted jingoism is not injected into every minute facet my life, that there remains at least the illusion of decency. Continue reading... PRERNA LAL Why I Sat Down In the D.C. Mayor's Office for One City, One License Separate is not now, and never has been, equal. It is time to treat all D.C. residents equally, and disband with the two-tier proposal that unfairly targets, stigmatizes and enables profiling of hard-working, undocumented D.C. residents. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003