Damage control is the order of the day at the White House after President Obama was blatantly absent from the global unity march in Paris. U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley was the American representative and Press Secretary Josh Earnest admitted there should have been someone with a "higher profile." The ambassador tried mightily to put a good face on the widely criticized snub, telling CNN that French President Hollande was "so positive" about Obama going across town to the French embassy in Washington to sign a condolence book.

Laughter in the Supreme Court is a rare occurrence and it wasn't riotous humor that livened up the proceedings. It was a sign. Specifically it was an Arizona church's announcement that it would hold 9 a.m. services in an elementary school. "Well, my goodness," said Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. "It does sound as if the town is being a little unreasonable, doesn't it?" He was referring to rules imposed by the town of Gilbert, Ariz.

Pro-choice Democrats might want to reconsider their battle cry, "keep the government out of the bedroom", considering an incident involving Barack Obama. When he was campaigning for president in 2007, he unlocked the door of his former personal aide Reggie Love and found him in bed for a female companion. Love recalls in an upcoming memoir that Obama made a hasty exit.