Tag Archives: politics

Can’t We Move Beyond Adam and Eve?

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Coming East

Last night my husband and I watched the CBS Evening News and listened to anchorman Scott Pelley talk about how General David Petraeus had been “brought low” by a woman. I was so livid I put the program on pause … Continue reading →

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Civic Duty

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Coming East

The alarm jarred us awake at 5:45 A.M.  It was still dark and the house had not warmed up yet. We threw on clothes, grabbed our voter registration cards, and headed out the door. Once we were in the car, … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Our Constitution’s 225th Birthday

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Coming East

Yesterday was the 225th birthday of our Constitution, and what better place to celebrate it than in Philadelphia, the city where it was written and signed.  Last week we stayed in the historic district, and I walked across the street … Continue reading →

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Lying to Children

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Coming East

Yesterday, as I was walking to the gym for my yoga class, I came across a field mouse, deceased, on the sidewalk. It reminded me of the time many years ago in San Antonio when we had the toughest time … Continue reading →

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We’re Losing the Voice of Reason

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Coming East

The decision of Olympia Snowe, the moderate Republican from Maine, to retire from the Senate is more than a little troubling. We’ve suffered through more than three years of gridlock as senators and congressmen from both sides of the isle … Continue reading →

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The Face of Poverty

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Coming East

I was planning on writing another light-hearted post this morning, but reading the newspaper at breakfast put an end to that.  On the front page was a picture of a young woman, Kimberly Meade, crying in her car.  She had … Continue reading →

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Come On, Women! Where the Heck Are You?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Coming East

My daughter recently volunteered to babysit an adorable five-month-old baby boy to help out a struggling family. Having been the mother of baby girls, my daughter was unprepared for how quickly she could get sprayed while trying to change his … Continue reading →

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Some Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Coming East

During the course of this blog, I’ve shared many things about my life, but I’ve also left many interesting facts out. For example, I bet you didn’t know that I graduated at the top of my high school class when … Continue reading →

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It’s a Long Way Until November, and I’m Steaming Already

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Coming East

I wrote a post Sunday that I intended to publish this morning, but I thought I’d run it by my husband first before I hit the publish button. I usually don’t do that, but because this one was political in … Continue reading →

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Will Love Conquer All?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Coming East

Yesterday morning I read of an HBO documentary about the fight to end the ban on interracial marriage. A young couple who fell in love in Virginia in the late 1950’s could not marry because Virginia was a state that … Continue reading →

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