Don't Gel Too Soon

JUST READ THIS - SARAH PALIN BY MOM-101 ON MOMOCRATS

2008-09-07T11:59:43-04:00

I really want to quote this (not long at all) post by the wonderful Liz of MOM-101 but it would spoil the surprise. You have to read it yourself. You'll know what I'm talking about when get to it. She's...

Blogging Boomer Carnival #84

2008-09-07T08:16:47-04:00

Well the Blogging Boomers have returned after a Labor Day respite and we are loaded with remarkable new content. It's all housed over at John Agno's So Baby Boomer. There are plenty of political links, but also some interesting perspectives...

IS THIS THE COUNTRY WE WANT? SARAH PALIN'S CRUEL ADDRESS

2008-09-04T13:33:40-04:00

Before I say anything else, I want to show you this great response to Gov. Palin. Take the time to watch it. I started this post last night but waited to post it until I cooled off and now I'm...

RETURN OF THE CULTURE WARS - BUT DID THEY EVER LEAVE?

2008-09-03T11:09:38-04:00

Some very smart analysts, including POLITICO and PressThink founder Jay Rosen, are talking about the current Republican strategy in support of Sarah Palin as a "reigniting of the culture wars." Attacking with all the code words of past anti-"left" vocabularies....

Bristol Palin, Sarah, Paula Jones and a Question of What's Right

2008-09-02T21:57:41-04:00

I've started three new posts today trying to avoid writing about Bristol Palin. I don't think I can. But I'm going to borrow someone else's words, someone who has said it so much better than I could. The link in...

MUSIC, POLITICS, PATTI SMITH, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, ROBERT HUNTER AND A LONG WALK

2008-09-01T17:46:03-04:00

For weeks I've been writing about politics here, but today - some personal politics. They say the personal is political, and for me, the personal is music (and political) -- and music makes all the difference -- through time, sadness,...

SPEECH OF A LIFETIME-- Oh - and that Sarah person

2008-08-29T16:32:41-04:00

At last. Our whole day had been built around this. Obama accepts the nomination with the highest TV ratings of any acceptance speech in modern US history, according to the Hollywood Reporter:Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential...

MARTIN LUTHER KING AND BARACK OBAMA: ANOTHER COSMIC ANNIVERSARY

2008-08-27T23:49:22-04:00

I was about to be a senior in high school that summer, with my family on vacation in Provincetown, MA, at the tip of Cape Cod. All I really wanted to do was find Edna St. Vincent Millay's summer hangout...

HILLARY SUPPORTERS AND THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN: DON'T DO THIS!

2008-08-26T14:19:10-04:00

This is breaking my heart. Why is it that we Democrats are incapable of NOT shooting ourselves in the foot (feet even)? In my view (and I'm hardly alone in this) this may be the most critical election of my...

BLOGGING BOOMERS #83: FROM

2008-08-26T09:30:24-04:00

OK I'm sorry. I got so caught up in the convention that I forgot to post this. The wonderful Janet Wendy Spiegel of GenPlus is this week's host of the Blogging Boomers. Take a look; you're bound to find something...

THE FIRST TIME EVER....

2008-08-25T17:56:06-04:00

Thanks to Lawyer Mama over at Momocrats for posting this. I just had to put it here too. By the way, there is great coverage coming from women at Momocrats and BlogHer. Check it out - they're doing a great...

1968-2008 FORTY YEARS SINCE THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO AND I WAS THERE

2008-08-24T08:22:00-04:00

There they are. While this was happening in front of the Chicago Hilton I was first in the streets and then, as I've written before, upstairs helping to convert our McCarthy Campaign floor of rooms into a hospital. The entire...

HER BAD MOTHER AND THE STORY OF THE LOST BOY

2008-08-20T22:18:02-04:00

Read this. Right now. The stunningly gifted Catherine Connor (that's her photo) also known as Her Bad Mother, has shared a remarkable, heart-breaking story. Although, sadly, it's not uncommon, it's one you will NOT want to miss. So get out...

TRIUMPH IS EXPENSIVE: HONORING MY FRIEND RACHEL

2008-08-17T21:38:16-04:00

She's a tiny powerhouse, hair in ringlets, face of an angel, but when she wants something to happen, woe unto those who stand in her way. Her name is Rachel, and because of her, we're all a lot safer than...

DON'T MISS IT: BLOGGING BOOMERS CARNIVAL #81

2008-08-10T22:35:00-04:00

The fabulous Blogging Boomer Carnival - the 81st in fact - has landed here at Don't Gel Too Soon. And a real feast it is. As the Baby Boomer generation approaches retirement age, over 7.7 million business owners will exit...