Inside the beltway, there’s a tendency to “gate” everything. If you’re old enough, or a student of history, you know that Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal was one of the most notorious presidential scandals ever (that didn’t involve an intern!) Ever since then, any potential trouble for a president (and sometimes others) in Washington has been [...]
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Licensing – and Condiments
A friend of mine wrote a Facebook plea, that every military spouse I know can empathize with: “Dear Air Force – can you tell me if we are moving or not, we need soy sauce – I need to know whether to buy the Costco size or not.” I know, it’s a small thing, but [...]
President Obama Thinks He Is Dad-in-Chief
Oops, he did it again! President Obama has decided that he knows what is best for young women in the United States. In late 2011, he decided that young women need a prescription to obtain Plan B, otherwise known as the morning-after pill. He urged us to use common sense and pulled the daddy card. [...]
Obama to Class of 2013: Do Better, Dream Bigger
Graduation Day at The Ohio State University is a big deal in Columbus. But when the sitting President of the United States is the commencement speaker? Then it’s a national event. I had the honor of hearing President Obama speak to the Class of 2013. I wondered if he would keep the speech light and [...]
6 Things You Need To Know Right Now: We’re Going Nuclear
Suri Cruise is the almost-seven-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Suri Cruise now has bangs. Suri Cruise’s recent acquisition of bangs was a headline featured by various news outlets, including ABC News and The Huffington Post (the latter noting that the elementary-schooler has blazed her own “sartorial trail”). I am more than seven years old, and [...]
Kamala Harris & the Minefields of Political Attractiveness
It’s time to make a pact. From now on, if you are in a professional setting and you’re thinking in your head, “Now that is one attractive man/woman/person/employee/colleague/business associate, etc.” this is what you must do from this day forward – Keep. It. To. Yourself. This is especially important if you are the president of [...]
Raise Your Hand if You Support Universal Preschool
Sometimes, our society gets caught up in the idea that achievement is a giant scholarly test-acing gold medal gold star. To that end, there’s a big race to nowhere (a film I highly recommend seeing) and a sense that “best” is defined by Ivy Leagues and the goods that supposedly follow thereafter, even though there [...]
State of the Union Speech to Focus on “Unfinished Tasks”
Usually when presidential remarks are released to the media, they are embargoed until they are actually delivered. This evening, the White House has released the following excerpts of the State of the Union address to give you a flavor of what’s to come: “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of [...]
Malala Yousafzai Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year
President Barack Obama is TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year. Again. I don’t have anything against the President receiving the honor, but as I read the explanation for that choice, it occurred to me that if those on the panel choosing the honoree were really looking for a symbolic choice, the better one would have [...]
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I Want My Mother Back
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Charles Ramsey and the Racial Language Barrier
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Brave’s Merida is Herself Again. But for How Long?
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Can “Maybe” Empower Our Children in Times of Fear?
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Will My Ice Floe Have Starbucks and Wi-fi?
