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Live fact-checking: The Fact Checker's Glenn Kessler will be fact-checking the State of the Union as it happens.

State of the Union 2011 -- Live coverage Tuesday night Emi Kolawole 2011

Myself, I'm listening to Chubby Checker's Popeye the Hitchhiker and a song by the 1965 LA Rams from the blog.

Scum of the Earth baikinange 2010

Secretary Arne Duncan's speechwriter David Whitman was previously a writer for Checker's organization he wrote Sweating the Small Stuff, which praised "the new paternalism".

Ravitch to Gates: Let's talk Valerie Strauss 2010

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Chubby Checker's mega-hit, "The Twist."

Linnie Frank Bailey: Women, Reclaim Your Joy: Dance Alone! 2010

Secretary Arne Duncan's speechwriter David Whitman was previously a writer for Checker's organization he wrote Sweating the Small Stuff, which praised "the new paternalism".

Ravitch to Gates: Let's talk Valerie Strauss 2010

Besides performing around the country, Checker will shortly release his remix of "The Fly" on iTunes and Amazon. com; a new album of 30 unreleased songs called "Chubby Checker's Other Treasures" will be out next year.

Jane Levere: Chubby Checker Celebrates Lincoln Center's 50th Anniversary 2009

It wasn't quite Richard Nixon's "Checker's Speech," but it was close.

Geoffrey Dunn: The Real Story Behind Palin's Bombshell 2009

The duo's first success came with Chubby Checker's 1964 hit "Lazy Elsie Molly."

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety 2009

Checker's stage name (he was born Ernest Evans) is a play on Domino's.

Jane Levere: Chubby Checker Celebrates Lincoln Center's 50th Anniversary 2009

While it is easy to laugh at Checker's rant as the tantrum of a child, it is important to call it for what it is: a lie.

Gerald Bracey: Out of the Mouths of Cry Babies 2008