The Aftermath

So not ready for life outside the bubble - The personal, political experience of an ex-Washingtonian
The election gave me great pause to reflect on the American political experience. Witnessing the campaigns from Texas was somewhat eye-opening, considering I attended college in Washington, D.C., at a university often ranked the most politically active in the nation. It [...]

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Time for Something Substantive

How about educating a public that doesn’t understand the presidency to begin with?
The Daily Show described this election season well: It’s like a man on Viagra who’s had an erection for three hours and 58 minutes and is on the verge of having to go to the hospital. Why can’t it just be over already? 
Reporters [...]

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Re-defining Sexism

sex-ism: noun. When a woman is dissing the credentials of another woman, and a man doesn’t like it.
For a few days, journalists have been dissecting what little information they have on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Even National Public Radio, which tends to shy away from personal information about public candidates (in comparison to cable news), [...]

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What Sen. Clinton Can Teach Us About Women

Life’s still a bitch sometimes
It is a fine line that meanders among bitch, princess and wimp, and walking it successfully is rarely done by anyone but the most seasoned women. The treatment of Hillary Clinton, as the New York Senator runs for president, has destroyed that line with the utmost disrespect, trashing Clinton’s years of [...]

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An Election Firmly in Our Hands

This morning, on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michelle Martin, guest Gwen Ifill was asked if Super Tuesday would decide the election for either party. Ifill, a seasoned political journalist on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, laughed and said no. This will be the year that the voters actually decide the election, Ifill replied. [...]

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