For Parents: You Have To Be Taught
Last night 10 neighbors came over to watch Obama’s acceptance speech with me and David. It was easily 95 outside and we don’t have A/C, but no one in our packed TV room noticed because we were...
View ArticleFor Parents: Is the bad guy winning?
Yesterday as I dozed on a flight from Denver, a child’s voice infiltrated my dreams. I woke up and looked around, but saw nothing except the backs of seats and the backs of heads. Never dependent on...
View ArticleWe so needed that!
It’s been nearly a week since the world changed and I’m still enjoying the afterglow of the new reality. In case you missed it, a whole new ball game officially started here in America on November 4th...
View Article#1: Inauguration Blog for Teens – DC bound
For the rest of January, I’ll be writing a special Inauguration blog for middle and high school students. This is the first entry. On Thursday January 15th I’m heading to Washington, D.C. for the...
View Article#3: About to board the plane
It’s right before noon: David and I are doing our last minute computer stuff here at the gate at Oakland Airport before boarding. We’re wearing our Obama pins. I figured they’d be good conversation...
View Article#4: Excitement in the air
We had a great flight, even though they gave us no real food in 6 hours. What is with that? Good thing we brought some bagels, tangerines and dark chocolate from home. The head flight attendant’s name...
View Article#8: Obama mania
Washington DC’s Union Station is the main terminal for Amtrak trains and the Metro. Busy place any time of year. But just days before the Inauguration, it’s swarming with tourists. They’re obviously...
View Article#10: We Are One
The We Are One inaugural celebration kicks off today at 2:30 PM ET in front of the Lincoln Memorial (site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s, “I Have a Dream” speech). (I definitely see a theme shaping up...
View Article#14: Inauguration Day Part 1 – WE are here
We left our hotel this frigid morning by the light of the crescent moon. 22 degrees at 5:02. Finally the Big Day had arrived and we were jazzed. When we returned 14 hours later, the temperature had...
View Article#15: Inauguration Day Part 2 – Freezin’ for a reason
The sun shines across my laptop as I type, though this Californian isn’t so easily fooled. I’ve discovered that the January sun in DC doesn’t mean t-shirt weather. (Who knew?) At this moment… 9:59 AM,...
View Article#16: Inauguration Day Part 3 – 1.8 million new best friends
Of course we came for the main event: To witness the Swearing In Ceremony of Barack Obama and to hear his Inaugural Address (part 1 and part 2). But if that was all, we could have stayed home, had a...
View ArticleNo constitutional right to be a jerk.
In last night’s speech before a joint session of Congress the President was clear about his goals for health care reform. He also delivered a clear message to Americans about the most effective way to...
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