Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama
Jan.23.2013
I’ve had bangs for most of my life, except during the year when I turned 13. That’s when I grew them out and wore my hair in a ponytail because that’s what my best friend Toni did. Eventually, I determined that my forehead was too high, and I went back to wearing bangs. But lately I’ve decided I...
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Nov.21.2012
U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice PresidentJoe Biden wave to crowds following their re-electionin 2012. (Reuters photograph by Jim Bourg)
“Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind most of our colors are amazingly the same.” ...
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Nov.12.2012
Up, or down?
Americans are more divided than ever. Congress is deadlocked. The Euro is collapsing. The markets are jittery. The Supreme Court is set to make a decision soon. Justice Clarence Thomas looks like he really needs to go.
It seems that as long as there have been toilet seats, men...
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Nov.09.2012
Holey moley catfish. Well, thank god that's finally over. Further thanks that the climax was quick and clean. Almost surgical. Not as long a night as many first thought it might be. Except for Karl Rove that is, who for all we know is still scribbling numbers to prove the call on Clinton's...
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Sep.10.2012
President Barack Obama with 1st Lady Michelle Obama and other U.S. political leaders at 1 WTC in New York (photo by Jewel Samad and AFP Getty Images)
“Democracy does not have to be a blood sport. It can be an honorable ...
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Sep.07.2012
If Sarah Palin asks again, I’m doing pretty good with “that hopey changey thing”. I watched the Democratic Convention on CSPAN with USOpen breaks, except on opening night of football and that night there was some partisan bickering for clicker dominance.
The Dems threw a good...
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Sep.05.2012
Michelle Obama did what any good wife does – made her husband look like he needed her. By default, America needs her. Apparently, her speech at the Democratic Convention was a huge hit. Political spouses play a major role in US politics.
So, did her human interest angle make sense? As...
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May.29.2012
Tradition.
I like tradition, not in a weird conservative, never change even though something is based in ignorance or hurtful to others, but real tradition.
Happenings, ceremonies or routines that bond friends, a family, a culture, even a country. I think that's important.
Tradition has...
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Jan.17.2012
January 15, 2012
Written by Alberta Parish
Popular terms like "entitlement mentality", "socialism", and "un-American" have permeated our nation's airwaves. Whenever you turn on your radio or watch your favorite news channel, career race baiters consistently spew terms that are suggestive of not...
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Jan.12.2012
She has not read the book, she does not care about people’s perceptions because they would not know, yet she sends out clarifications. I am disturbed by what she seems to have a problem with:
“I guess it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman. But...
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