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Nov.05.2008
The last person to vote at Portland, Oregon's Pioneer Courthouse Square's ballot drop off box was a homeless woman named Louise. She had been living under a bridge since 2004. My eight-year-old son and I stood beside the drop-box watching her reach into a bag and pull out her ballot. After she...
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Sep.18.2008
My 8-year-old son came home from school the other day and told me that when he's 18, he plans to spend half his salary on the lottery.
"What?" I ask.
I don't play the lottery. Neither does my husband. Well, OK, maybe he does a few times a year when the jackpot prize for Megabucks is...
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Sep.09.2008
Boy, I bet Steve Forbes is mad. His 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN in the world issue has just hit the stands and nowhere among this prestigious list of business women, politicians, writers, and artists is the name Sarah Palin.
I mean, “what the heck?” What was the top-notch crew of reporters and...
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Sep.04.2008
My son came home from his first day in third grade telling me he learned some kids consider it fun to spit on people while riding the Ferris Wheel. We talk. Who told you this? How did you respond? Do you think it would be fun? And then a new question comes to my mind: what would Barack Obama say? ...
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About Naseem
Naseem Rakha is an award winning author and journalist whose stories have been heard on National Public Radio. Her international best selling debut novel, The Crying Tree, has received the 2010 PNBA Award. She lives in Silverton, Oregon with her husband, son...
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Naseem’s Favorite Books
A Place on Earth By Wendell Berry, Eventide By Kent Haruf, Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee, Snow Falling an Cedars...