Dick Cheney, accompanied by Vice President-elect Joe Biden, leaves the White House for the inauguration ceremony.
Biden, Jill
• job offer to husband of is revealed by
Boy George
• 15-month jail sentence of
Bush, George W.
• potential criminal investigation of
• taunting of by audience for Obama inauguration
• unfond farewell is offered by Harper's Magazine to
Chabon, Michael
• boasting about inauguration experiences by wife of
Cheney, Dick
• moving of own boxes by—and one can only wonder what was in them that required the personal attention of—results in pulled back muscle of
• resemblance of to Dr. Strangelove (or Bond villain Blofeld, or Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life) is evoked by farewell appearance in wheelchair of
• unhappiness of at Bush's failure to pardon Libby
Chirac, Jacques
• mauling of by pet poodle of
Clooney, George
• return to ER of
Cooper, Anderson
• flub-filled broadcast by
Daily Show, The
• life after Bush at
Kennedy, Caroline
• mysterious cessation, then uncessation, then recessation of once seemingly assured but apparently always hopeless quest for Senate seat by
Kennedy, Ted
• seizure suffered by at inaugural luncheon
Microsoft
• thousands of employees laid off at
Obama, Barack
• Blackberry of is kept by
• existence of atheists is acknowledged by
• finger-syncing at inauguration of
• Guantanamo is ordered closed by
• launch of White House blog of
• services by Jeremiah Wright are not attended by
• several thousand ticketholders are not let in to inauguration of
• speech of
• speech of inspires sour look on puss of predecessor to
Roberts, John
• readministration by of presidential oath initially mangled by
Sawyer, Diane
• inebriation is credibly simulated by
Thain, John
• extravagant redecoration efforts of
• forced departure from really nice office of
Trump, Donald
• gratuitous scolding of Nixon's daughters is merely the latest example of the unending insufferability of
Wall Street Journal
• harmless white powder arrives at headquarters of
Wyeth, Andrew
• passing of