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  • Sarah Palin Should Beware Of Exploiting Her Youngest Child ["Exploiting"?]

    02/13/2010 9:22:21 AM PST · by Steelfish · 38 replies · 919+ views
    Washington Post ^ | February 13, 2010 | Kathleen Parker
    Sarah Palin Should Beware Of Exploiting Her Youngest Child By Kathleen Parker February 14, 2010 A hurdle familiar to any mother is learning to view her baby as separate from herself. How many of us have answered questions about our babies in first-person plural? -- How old is your baby? -- Oh, we're 22 months now. Well, no, we're not; he is. Yet we nod in universal understanding of the profound sense of oneness that evolves in part from pregnancy. For nine months, mother and baby are inextricably "we" -- linked in body and spirit, every move and morsel belonging...
  • Gold Rush In Alaska

    07/08/2009 4:56:14 AM PDT · by steve-b · 66 replies · 2,182+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 7/8/09 | Kathleen Parker
    When you're up to your waders in barracuda, blame the media. And quit your job. And say you did it for the people. And hire an agent. And try to keep a straight face. On your way to the bank. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, H.L. Mencken once said. Terribly elitist fellow, that Mencken. If only he were alive to witness the phenomenon of Sarah Palin, whose biography validates every cynical thought that ever found expression in his prolific prose..... Meanwhile, getting real, can we stop pretending that Palin is interested in anything other...