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Aug.31.2012 Convention Re-Cap Really I don’t think I could have handled four nights of the GOP convention in Tampa. Thank goodness I was able to flip between tennis and the convention: The USOpen, The USClosed, US open, US closed. It was like being in some horrible comedy club - Tampa’s Yuck Yuck [as in icky]...	Aug.30.2012 Of Republican Race Cards and White Denial It’s official. The symbolic head of the Republican Party is not Ronald Reagan. It’s Pee-Wee Herman. It was Herman after all, as portrayed by comic actor Paul Reubens, whose only comeback to every criticism was, “I know you are but what am I?” And it is this mantra — this maddening, childlike,...
Nov.11.2011 On Fighter Jets and Patriotism I am in no way a military buff. I am a liberal pacifist who would spend a lot less on military budgets and a lot more on education and social services, if I had any real power. So, no one was more surprised than me when I got all choked up and weepy at last weekend’s AirFest 2011, at MacDill Air...	Oct.21.2009 So Many Cities, So Few Favorites As I begin typing this, I'm at a loss. What's my favorite city? My goodness. Until being asked that question I doubt it's one I'd ever consider wanting to answer. To be quite honest, I am not a city person and dislike city life in so many ways I wouldn't know where to begin. To my knowledge...