Episode 198 • • 6:15 - 8:02
198: Things Could Get Complicated
Barack Obama Proclaims Mother's Day 2010
President Barack Obama issued a formal proclamation on May 7, 2010, designating May 9 as Mother's Day. While a joint resolution in 1914 originally established the holiday, the hosts note the unusual nature of a modern president re-ratifying the observance. They briefly compare the timing of Mother's Day in the United States to different dates used in England and the Netherlands.