Tom Shattuck

Gimme a Break, Easter Egg Roll No Time for Fitness Camp

Originally published April 2, 2015. Leave it to Michelle Obama to transform the time-honored White House Easter Egg Roll into into what is essentially a grueling, day-long bootcamp. If you think an Easter egg hunt and chocolate bunnies are the themes of the 137th White House Easter Egg Roll on... Read more →

Separate Obama Flights is Just Plane Wasteful

Originally published March 15, 2015. Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane ... No, it's two planes! Two taxpayer-funded planes, that is. And on those two planes last Thursday were two occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, jetting across country to the same destination —... Read more →

Michelle Obama Frowns on Popular Mac and Cheese

Originally published February 10, 2015. How detached and elitist is Michelle Obama? She took to the pages of Cooking Light magazine (yes, there is such a thing) to torch an American family dinner classic — powdered mac & cheese. According to the article, “The family’s former personal chef had taken... Read more →