President is taking the month off Some worry about impact on his image. Only on the job six months and he already gets a month off? A month?? Of course, some would say, he’s not really ‘off’; he’ll be briefed daily on what those really in charge are doing in his absence. A Presidential spokesperson says he’ll be making some brief outings “to celebrate some of the values that strengthen America,” making him sound more like a ceremonial chief of state than he is. USA Today and Washington Post While we’re on the issue of executive branch compensations, the White House staff is not a bad palce to work. However, it doesn’t match what an ex-President can make by just signing his name to a piece of paper and hiring a ghostwriter. More Washington Post