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Category Archives: politics

Turkey joes

Yes, that’s a photo of the boy eating them.  Ok, no, not really.  He didn’t even succeed in spearing any of it with the fork, I don’t think.  After trying a bite with his fingers, he ended up asking for a banana instead.  But Nathan and I enjoyed the turkey joes.  Seriously the best sloppy [...]

Change

It’s been nearly two days since Barack Obama gave his victory speech, and I think I’m finally starting to re-emerge from the post-election afterglow I’ve felt since then.  Yes we did!  I’ll avoid rehashing what others have already stated more elequently elsewhere.  Suffice it to say that I believe Obama will do everything in his [...]

I voted

I voted early on Wednesday! Damn, it felt good to cast a vote for Barack Obama. Surreal, almost. I took Ben with me to witness the democratic process in action–big thanks to the sweet grandpa-type election volunteers who smiled at him and picked up the toys he threw on the floor while I marked my [...]

the choice we’ll make in this election

It comes as no surprise that the New Yorker supports Obama. But this (somewhat long) essay by the editors of the magazine explains clearly and passionately why many of us believe the choice we’ll make as voters in this election is so important, and why many of us believe that Obama is the presidential candidate [...]