I met a soldier on a plane
Yesterday while flying home from Colorado, I shared my peanuts and struck up small talk with a young man sitting beside me. He was headed back East to visit family, was a fellow southerner who loved...
View ArticleA New Dark Ages, a McCain Presidency
The contrast could not have been more startling. We were on a back road in Georgia, my daughter and I driving across the state line, taking her to her first year of college, car packed to the roof,...
View ArticleNew McCain Ad..."Fear and Smear"
John McCain, has built a career on his war "story". He is running this campaign based on his time spent in the military as a POW, using it as the reason, excuse, and rationale for every issue...
View ArticleWasilla, South Carolina.
Looks like the South is surging for McCain/Palin, according to the most recent polls. Yes, it is probably a wise thing for 7890Obama campaign to keep on registering as many college-aged and African...
View ArticleThank you Peggy Noonan, the new Pariah
Thank you, Ms. Noonan, for writing an honest assessment of Sarah Palin today in the Wall Street Journal, although telling the truth and freedom of expression now seems to be related to un-American...
View ArticleA Glimmer of Decency at a McCain Rally (video)
I just saw this video at Huffington Post, and it makes me feel a little less despairing about the ugly tone of the Republican rallies and the havoc the McCain/Palin campaign and supporters are...
View ArticleDetox for Foxed-up In-Laws
My wonderful, sweet 82 year-old mother-in-law has been hooked up to a box for the past year that has pumped her daily with poison so toxic that it has paralyzed her with debilitating fear and anger....
View ArticleRabid Fox bites Mom, treatment urgently needed
I returned home to South Carolina day after the election unable to wipe the grin off my face. My husband and I had been living in Colorado for several months and changed our registration in order to...
View ArticleOne Last Kick in the Butt
The nation nervously glances at its watch, checking the calendar, counting the days till the end. We wonder what else could possibly go wrong in the ten days left before the Bush era mercifully ends,...
View ArticleWeathering the Weasels
The noise from the Right is like the static on the radio; annoying, numbing, and meaningless. I had hoped for a reprieve from such irritation after the election, hoped for a time of quiet as the...
View ArticleA Preacher's Letter to Right-Wing Newspaper
Reading our small town Colorado newspaper is often an exercise in frustration. I never imagined an editorial staff could be as conservative as my old South Carolina daily, whose idea of being fair and...
View ArticleDeep in the Trenches, a Doctor's Plea
The unsavory antics of several of South Carolina's politicians have flooded the news recently, and embarrassed the heck out of a state already burdened by its turbulent past and worsening reputation....
View ArticleSC Not Safe for First Lady to Visit? (Update2)
I received the email from my Dad a few days ago. "Can you believe South Carolina? No wonder you live in Colorado."Wondering what new embarrassments had emerged from my tiny home state, I clicked on the...
View ArticleDispatches from Spain...Musings on Art and old Fascists
Why did I ever take French instead of Spanish in high school and college?? I pondered this yet again as our train chugged past hilltop villages whose names I could not pronounce, through endless olive...
View ArticleMy 81 year-old Dad's letter to President Obama
My dad is one of the coolest guys that I know. Born and raised in South Carolina, he has lived there for all of his 81 years. Amazingly, he does not possess the prejudices and Republican tendencies...
View ArticleTrick or Treating with the Obamas
Perhaps you have mentally prepared for the tidal wave predicted to hit our nation this evening. Maybe you are ready for the worst, you have stocked up on self-medications and can numb yourself enough...
View ArticleGetting Paid to be Outraged! Congressman Doug Lamborn wants to be like Joe,...
This statement was posted on Congressman Doug Lamborn's Facebook page last night: "I will be on Fox News tonight at 8:10pm MT talking about my decision NOT to attend tomorrow night's State of the...
View ArticleA Glimmer of Decency at a McCain Rally (video)
I just saw this video at Huffington Post, and it makes me feel a little less despairing about the ugly tone of the Republican rallies and the havoc the McCain/Palin campaign and supporters are...
View ArticleDetox for Foxed-up In-Laws
My wonderful, sweet 82 year-old mother-in-law has been hooked up to a box for the past year that has pumped her daily with poison so toxic that it has paralyzed her with debilitating fear and anger....
View ArticleRabid Fox bites Mom, treatment urgently needed
I returned home to South Carolina day after the election unable to wipe the grin off my face. My husband and I had been living in Colorado for several months and changed our registration in order to...
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