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• commentary

  Voting Makes Me Hungry ***Updated

  11.04.08 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  There’s nothing like standing in line for 5 seconds, filling out a provisional ballot form, and then snapping some pictures of goofy kids at the polls to make you crave a hamburger and fries, and a Coke. Unfortunately, it was only 10:23 am, and McDonalds doesn’t turn the hashbrown-makers into fry vats until 10:30. But, [...]

• books

  Do your parents know what your favorite book is?

  10.24.08 | Permalink | 26 Comments

  Sarah Palin is like a national Rorschach inkblot test, especially for women. What we see when we look at her tells an awful lot about us. I’m not talking her politics per se, I’m talking her great hair, snappy clothes, edgy glasses, and Tina Fey sparkle. Maybe we hate her because she’s beautiful. Maybe we [...]

• motherhood, politics

  Can a Stay-at-Home Mom be Pro-Palin? *Updated*

  09.02.08 | Permalink | 53 Comments

  When I was young and naive, I was active in the Young Republicans. We did a phone bank for some terribly important initiative, and we invited our U.S. Representative to the Spanish Fork High School. We canvassed for voter registration, and I enjoyed the American Legion Auxiliary Girls’ State. Politics, in other words, was big. [...]

• commentary, politics

  Hillesha, Baracook, and McArchuleta

  05.14.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  Did you vote? I hope so, because tonight at 8 pm, the results of this most protracted primary runoff season will be announced and America will be down to the two major candidates. Will it be Hillesha vs. McArchuleta or Baracook vs. McArchuleta? Will anyone suggest that Hillesha and Baracook combine forces to battle McArchuleta? [...]