thematically fickle

So, the kids are off-limits but then Sarah Palin parades them around the Republican convention because it suits her agenda? A son going to Iraq, a special needs baby, etc. etc. Compelling stuff. And typical display of right-wing condescension and double-standards, complete with all the raw hamburger that constituents just looove to suck through their [...]

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Like most of the women I know, I am sufficiently offended by John McCain’s choice for Vice President. I’ve spent the weekend purposefully not reading the commentary that is surely flooding the Internets and I doubt that I’m adding anything new or insightful to the conversation here. But adding it I am, because I have [...]

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“This is why terrorists want to kill us.”
That was the stellar comment left on a post at boingboing.net regarding a new picture book for children, and it’s pretty much the exact reaction I had when I saw the illustrated cover of My Beautiful Mommy. The tongue-in-cheek assessment is not without merit: If this book is [...]

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So, this is what we’ve come to.
The new governor of New York just aired his personal and somewhat dirty laundry for the public in an effort to head of any future scandal. As is common these days, his wife was by his side. But as isn’t too common these days, she admitted to her failings [...]

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I stood looking down at the names on my ballot for almost ten minutes before pressing my pen to the paper, hard, where I made small but determined circular motions with my hand as I filled in the bubble. I folded my ballot in half, tucked it into the envelope, licked and sealed it and [...]

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Okay. So.
One of my other friends who was at brunch with me on Sunday, wrote a lovely piece describing things from her persepective. She, too, is filled with angst over this decision. Please check out what she’s written (and don’t miss her sister, Tay’s,  fantastic follow-up response in the comments section).
Then, to cause further agony, the same friend who I [...]

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I ventured out against wind and rain yesterday to enjoy brunch with a few girlfriends who I don’t get to see as often as I would like, due primarily to the amazingness of each of them and their subsequent high demand by others. Of course, I’m busy too, but it’s not because I’m needed at [...]

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The first headline I saw on the NYTimes homepage this morning as I was savoring my IV caffeine drip first cup of coffee, was this over here. Did you see the accompanying photo? I’m sure it’s perfectly normal and fine and not in any meaningful way imapcting on the young boy to view that.
Then, [...]

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I’ve always had trouble with the word “ironic” and it’s various forms. I recently used it improperly in a column and didn’t realize it until a fellow columnist, the original Ed Decker, so kindly pointed out my mistake. He likes to do that. Point out my flubs, always after I go to press because he’s [...]

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