Month: April 2010

Democrats keep bringing reason and logic to a knife fight, and being surprised when they get stabbed repeatedly. They seem to lack an understanding of the ways they can take advantage of the levers of power to do things which...

If 2010 is like 1994, or even kind of like it (say, the Republicans make big gains, but don’t take back either house of Congress), how will the next two years of Obama’s presidency go?

After a recent breakup, a friend of mine had an awkward conversation with her new ex. It began with this difficult question – “I know you’ve got a new man, but is he a good man?” Some things are just hard...

I’m sorry. No matter how I try, the last two days I can’t seem to get any blogging done. Between sustained power outages and parenting duties, the stars will not align for me. I tried the bookstore, but I used up all...

If this were an article written by a newcomer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and posted on a small blog, one could understand the ignorance implicit in a title that continues to depict Palestinians as violent. But it was...