How Long Before Obama Starts Playing Cricket?
In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, President Obama tells David Leonhardt he's sick of briefing books and has started reading Joseph O'Neill's Netherland at night. So how long before he's spotted blowing off intelligence meetings to play cricket on the White House lawn? [NYT]

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