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Obama is not the first President to find out how hard it is to make or keep friends in the White House When "Hail to the Chief" stops playing, most former leaders of the free world learn to sing a new tune

TIME January 18, 1960 12:00 AM GMT-5 Over the last few years, the liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light of his growing stature and achievements. But last week, as the campaign year began, the old image popped up

One hundred years ago, an ocean liner collided with an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic. One thousand five hundred and seventeen lives were lost. Seven hundred and ten people survived. Those are the bare, unadorned facts of the Titanic disaster. But, of course, describing that epic, endlessly fascinating and (lets face it) romantic

The experience of listening to persons music while theyre sitting in the same room has the potential to be equally awesome or awkward for both parties. What if the music is terrible (or, worse, mediocre) and the listener feels compelled to pretend to like it? What if the listener says something idiotic and the artist

These days, its hard to imagine a world in which The Office doesnt exist. But NBCs beloved mockumentary sitcom wasnt always as popular as its present-day reputation and ubiquitous meme presence suggests. In fact, the show may have been cancelled after its second season if it hadnt been for its soaring iTunes sales.