PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Stops By D.C. Bookstore

May 7, 2013 Subscribe · Forward PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Stops By D.C. Bookstore WASHINGTON -- Ignoring a steady drizzle, the long line that stretched along Connecticut Avenue in upper Northwest Tuesday morning was a sign that it wasn't business as usual at popular D.C. bookstore Politics & Prose. The cause of the commotion? First lady Michelle Obama, who stopped by the shop to sign copies of her book, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America.  Continue reading... BUYING THE $8 MILLION FARM Prince Harry's D.C. Visit Includes... A Racist Encounter At The White House Correspondents' Dinner Redskins Name Change Saga Takes A New Turn PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Stops By D.C. Bookstore Grandmother Missing After Arrival At D.C. Airport PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Stops By D.C. Bookstore The Primary Form Of Currency In Maryland Jail Is... PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Stops By D.C. Bookstore State Makes Big Announcement About Employees In Same-Sex Relationships LOOK: Michelle Obama's D.C. Book Signing 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