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I was 25 years old when I covered my first election day.
I worked for a small chain of weekly suburban newspapers, and my beat was the largest in the group—and the most Republican. The citizens of this small town voted regularly and predictably, with very little dissent.
Not at that time a very political animal, I […]

As I write this post, there are only four days left until the Presidential election. A long-time Obama supporter, I know how I hope things will go. The last election left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Democrats like me, and I fervently wish that on Tuesday there will be no […]

I have a news-junkie/political wonk side of me, and as a result, my kids have heard hours of political news while in the car or hanging around the house.  They’ve developed a sense of where my husband and I sit on the political spectrum, and while I think they largely have adopted many of our […]

Republican Senator John McCain recently nominated Governor Sarah Palin to be his Vice Presidential running mate.  Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, has five children, notably one heading to Iraq in the fall with his army unit; a seventeen year-old daughter who is currently expecting a baby, and a new baby herself who has Down Syndrome.
The […]