We sure did.

And now, we will.

This is the country I've been telling my daughters it was all along.

 I cannot say how happy I am tonight.

Bless us, truly, every one. Read full post »

This is my ghost story.

 My grandfather--we called him Pop--was a good man. He once told me that he and his wife, my Nanny, had spent exactly two weeks alone in their own home in their entire married life, and they were the first two weeks they were married.… Read full post »

I finally got around to watching HBO's incredible documentary Hacking Democracy.  If you have not yet seen it, do so as soon as you can. It is your duty as a citizen to be aware of the very real possibility--even probability--that several important vote counts in several extre/… Read full post »

Sing it, babies.

I just love this video. Obama riffs about pie, and his love of pie--specifically sweet potato pie--for a full 100 seconds in Philadelphia.

We need more Republicans exactly like the young men and women who confroted these idiots.

One of the chief fears of hate-mongering talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and their ilk is that, under Obama, this country would see a return of rational discourse that we haven't seen in a quarter of a century. And they're right to be alarmed, because if that… Read full post »

You know, something just occurred to me about all those shouting masses that are turning up to hear Sarah Palin “whip their frenzies” as my father used to say.   

In an election year talking politics is fun, and all the smart kids are doing it. (I'm actually not being facetious,… Read full post »

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of… Read full post »

This actually moved me to tears.  This is  Richard Trumka, the Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, speaking to his people about Barack Obama in July.

UPDATE: According to CCNMoney.com, as of 1:37 pm ET, a deal has been reached. So now the question becomes, what will McCain do? Will he attend the meeting he set up with GWB or not? The plot thickens! God, this is fun! (And thanks, Cristal, for the link! You rock!)  … Read full post »

This is Jack. He's a fat Pomeranian puppy. In a moment of complete insanity (that lasted, actually for a whole afternoon and cost me several hundred dollars) Jack-Jack became ours.

 He now makes us laugh regularly, and is way too fat. But we love him. Even Sophie loves… Read full post »

Common Cause just released a report detailing potentially serious problems with balloting in ten key states. If you are in one of these states, or know anyone who is, forward this release to everyone you know and contact your state controllor's office to demand the necessary reforms while there's sti… Read full post »

If Karl Rove is clucking his tongue at you, you have a reservation for a deluxe suite in hell, is all I'm saying... From CNN.com.

Karl Rove had some rare criticism for McCain Sunday.

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In those days, I was tired and sad and wired almost all the time. For months, I hadn't been able to eat much and my mother was growing increasingly concerned. The day I showed up at her house wearing one of my 7-year-old daughter's tshirts (which fit), she drove me to the… Read full post »

When I was a young woman, I sat in a classroom at Antioch College with a few dozen other students and responded to a very simple question: What are you?

We were supposed to answer the question, posed by the inimitable Dr. Jewel Graham, professor of Social Work and then president… Read full post »

Tonight is the big night for McCain's running mate. After three solid days holed up in a hotel room getting schooled by strategists, Sarah Palin is going to take center stage at the RNC and win the world over.

Her speech, I predict, will be far better than anyone expected… Read full post »

Or rather, I think McCain just lost it.

Seriously. Naming Sarah Palin as his running mate was just so stupid and so cynical that even the GOP must be furious with him. (One of the commentators said that there were more people in the hall to hear the announcement than lived… Read full post »

It was way too hot--unusually hot for Berkeley--to consider painting my living room myself, but Mike and his young uncle James show up gamely anyway. Even more gamely, when I explain as they arrive at my front door that I've been down all weekend with some kind of horrible stomach bug,… Read full post »

Okay, so yesterday, Lula and I went to the City to meet a friend and do some shopping and see a movie,  and two very cool things happened.

The first was that Lula announced, at the corner of Powell and Market, that she really loved the city. And that gave me a… Read full post »