I ate my feelings today

I AM FEELING RATHER RAW after yet another school shooting yesterday. Here we are again - AGAIN! - having the same debate. Nothing has changed.  (Much) more on that in a sec. I wasn't making any friends or changing any minds on social media as I got into it with strangers, and couldn't think of …

How many days?

IN response to all the "First 100 Days" hype, I've been grousing to myself, harumph, what is "100 days" but a nice, round, yet completely arbitrary, number? I mean, couples don't observe a 100-day anniversary.  First-time parents measure their babies' age in days for a few weeks, maybe, then count the weeks and then months.  (Parents …

A musical twist on the presidential campaign

My good friend Suz Redfearn, a freelance writer, wrote this for Politico.com. It's about the McCain and Obama campaigns using certain songs without the artists' permission. It's an interesting angle on the campaigns. Hop over and give it a read, wouldya? Thanks.