Here’s to an inspirational conservative woman–and to Roy Blunt for selecting a brilliant chairman for his Senate campaign.

Mrs. Wagner and I graduated from the same high school. She sent the kindest words of encouragement to me a few years ago when I passed along a blog post I wrote defending myself from a nasty attack. [...]

Who else is tired of the health care debate? Sen. Mitch McConnell is right: the American public doesn’t like this and doesn’t support it. Shouldn’t that be enough?
“While final details of this bill are still unknown, here’s what we do know: It will be a thousand-page, trillion-dollar bill that raises premiums, raises taxes and slashes [...]

I’m a Sunday subscriber to the Washington Post largely because I like the idea of reading the paper and drinking coffee on a Sunday morning.
In reality, I end up getting so frustrated by the bias and the politics that the only section I read in full is the Arts section, in search of an excuse [...]

If you need a break from politics, head over to TheFoodventure.com, born out of popular food posts from this blog, written by my boyfriend and I. Though it sat fairly dormant for awhile, it’s back and better than ever with daily updates, more pictures, more interaction, more reviews, more wine and, most importantly, more delicious [...]

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When he’s not discontinuing education programs for poor, inner-city children in Washington, D.C., Sen. Durbin dismisses the idea that a ridiculously long bill is problematic and, in case you weren’t disturbed enough, he somehow likens creating health care reform to God creating the Ten Commandments.
Say what?
Bear in mind, by the way, [...]

Kudos to Missouri governor Jay Nixon for recognizing that Missouri isn’t as excited about putting government in control of health care as the Democratic Governor’s Association.
Talking Points Memo reports:
It gives a sense of how tough the health care battle is that Democrats could only get 22 of the 28 governors from their own party to [...]

You have probably heard by now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal announced that he’d talked to the president only once since his June appointment. What you may not have read is that earlier this year, Andy Stern, president of SEIU, estimated that he meets with Obama once a week at the White House.
Why is this [...]

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Finally, a good parody that sufficiently mocks political advice from celebrities. And DMV-style health care? I think I’ll pass.

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