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No News Is Good News: Companies Going Broke

LibertySugar — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:01:13 -0800

Announcements from major media companies yesterday made it clear that the recession has hit those who report on it. Meanwhile, the Pulitzer Prizes announced plans to accept submissions from web-only news outlets, providing a redundant wake-up call to traditional news companies failing to get by. Here's a roundup of traditional media's most recent struggles:

New York Times: Like many Americans, the New York Times Company will borrow against its house to keep the cash flowing. Specifically, the paper of record will take $225 million out against its Manhattan headquarters.

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Bono to Rock His Opinions in the New York Times

CitizenSugar — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:00:30 -0700

He is a world famous singer and songwriter, a spokesman for Africa, a Noble Peace Prize nominee, and now he’s a writer for the New York Times. My David Brooks is looking at some rocking competition. Bono, lead singer of U2, is set to be a contributing writer for the NYT, offering his insight on topics including Africa, poverty, and a little Frank Sinatra too. Bono will be penning as many as 10 pieces for the paper spreading throughout 2009.

Editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal, who announced this new appointment this week, may also have had an ulterior motive: it seems as though Mr. Rosenthal is learning the guitar. Bono’s pay may also be a factor in his assignment, as he will be receiving no money whatsoever.

Does a Bono op-ed sound like music to your ears? Or does it hit a sour note?

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Interactive Info on Ads: Who Spent How Much & Where

CitizenSugar — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:00:05 -0700

We've been soaking in a bathtub full of political ads for so long, my fingers are beyond pruney. Though there's great talk of who has how much money to spend on making the suckers, it's not until you can see the true data behind of the ad campaigns compared side by side that you can get a real fix on it.

Ever the masters of the interactive graphic, the Times has maps that let you pit the groups with money side by side to see how much was spent, and where ads were bought. The McCain vs. Obama number is interesting ($90,415,962 to broadcast 57 television ads compared to Obama's $145,064,338 to broadcast 86 television ads) but I was most struck by the DNC vs. RNC as shown in the maps above: $436,015 to $10,080,774. That's a discrepancy. Most of the RNC dough as you can see is pretty geographically targeted.

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Dudes For Palin? What the Times Is Saying About the GOP

CitizenSugar — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:00:58 -0700

You know how there are just some girls who always seem to have a pack of guy friends? According to the Times, Sarah Palin is the candidate equivalent of that. With crowds that seem to be tipping heavily male (I suppose the legendary Joe Six-Packs?) the vocal man-fans aren't afraid to be heard. With calls of, “You tell ’em baby,” and “You rock me out, Sarah,” Palin seems to be comfortable with the demographic saying, “I feel like I’m at home."

At one rally a female supporter taking a snapshot said of the ratio, “This is not a ladies campaign. There seem to be lots and lots of guys here. I’d guess 70-30, maybe 65-35, men to women. It’s quite noticeable to me.”

To see what the Times had to say about another woman on the trail, Cindy McCain, as well as Christopher Buckley,

The Long and Short of It: Does Size Matter in a President?

CitizenSugar — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:15:22 -0700

Do looks matter in a president? Perhaps, though, you can ask the infamous JFK/Nixon debate match up on that one — but how about sheer size? With Obama's workout regiment closely watched earlier this campaign, in the face-off between 6'1.5", 180 lbs. Obama, and 5'7", 165 lbs. McCain, will the top dog be the biggest in the pack?

The New York Times took the weights and measurements of the men running for president back to the turn of the century to see if there's any truth to the rumor that tall men rule.

The results? Not always. Perhaps presidential shorter/heavier loser Ford is a little resentful that he lost his match up on the scale with Jimmy Carter, while Nixon was similarly shorter and heavier than both McGovern and Humphrey and won both match-ups.

To see some of the other stand out numbers,

Obama, Palin, and the Ayers Story — Palling With Terrorists?

CitizenSugar — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:21 -0700

While the Boss played a set on the streets of Philadelphia in support of Obama over the weekend, Sarah Palin played to a packed house at the Home Depot Center.

Palin had some strong words for Obama in regard to his connection with controversial Weathermen founder, William Ayers. Palin said of Obama's connection with the man whose group launched a campaign of bombings targeting the Pentagon and United States Capitol that Obama was someone who viewed the US "as being so imperfect . . . he is palling around with terrorists who would target their own country."

Just what is the relationship between Obama and Ayers? The New York Times ran a piece this weekend in an effort to explain just that — but that explanation is drawing criticisms for leaving out crucial facts and downplaying the relationship. To see the two sides,

They Said What? Frequency of Words Used by the Parties

CitizenSugar — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:24 -0700

Now that it's all done but sweeping up the balloons, the New York Times, ever the data-doyenne, has a different way of looking at who said what these conventions. Bubbles of varying sizes show the amount of times per 25,000 words uttered, that certain phrases were used.

Interestingly, the "opponent's name" count varies pretty wildly — the Democrats used McCain's name 78 times to the Republican's use of Obama a mere 25 times. Up there for both parties? "Change" and "God." While the Republicans were twice as godly, and the Democrats three times as change-y, it seems like both have see the benefit to grabbing both traditional and forward-thinking tropes.

The graph also let's you see who said what — Obama used McCain's name 3.5 times more, and McCain grabbed the "change" mantel from Obama just over half as often. Watching the two conventions, do any of the results surprise you? What do you make of the disparity between use of the opponent's name?

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Where I'm Clicking Now: NYT Interactive Olympic Medal Maps

CitizenSugar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:21 -0700

Oh maps, how I love thee. A little treasure trove of info at every glance — and these maps have treasure of the gold, silver, and bronze variety. The New York Times is breaking it down for the big Games with this interactive map that lets you search all the way back to 1896, to see which countries bagged the most hardware — the bigger the dot that represents the country, the more medals won.

Click through and track the trends — and since 66 percent of you said it's not important for the US to win the most, you'll be secure with the fact that in 1936 Germany bested the US. That's the other cool feature, you can see the results looking like a map, or arranged in order of dominance. Gold medal for this map to my friends at the Times!

To see how the 1984 (Mary Lou Retton!) medal count compares to 2004,

One Moment in Time: Timeline of McCain's Life vs. Obama's

CitizenSugar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:15:31 -0700

The year is 1967. John McCain is promoted to lieutenant commander in the Navy and deploys to Vietnam, where he's shot down by a North Vietnamese missile. What was Barack Obama up to? He was surprisingly close, at least geographically. That's the year the 8-year-old tike moved with his mother and stepfather to Indonesia. By 1987, Obama had moved to Chicago and met Reverend Wright, while McCain was a year into his first term in the US Senate, leading up to his work on issues like the bipartisan McCain-Feingold Act passing in 2001, the year Sasha Obama was born.

Want to see the candidate's lives line up side-by-side in a timeline of event that leads them to the present, where we find them both vying to be "all that they thought they could be?" The New York Times has an interactive feature that lets you click through each candidate's life, complete with pictures, video, and links to Times coverage. The timelines are current up through key events this year, and besides letting you compare the two, it's got some groovy pictures of Obama in his college years and a striking pic of McCain graduating from the Naval Academy.

How do you think their lives match up?

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Fox News Gives NY Times Reporters Yellow Teeth, Big Nose

LibertySugar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:02 -0700

When I came across these photos, I couldn't believe my eyes. Yesterday on Fox and Friends, Fox News aired photos of New York Times reporters, calling them "attack dogs." In the photos, reporters Jacques Steinbert and Steven Reddicliffe became the victims of yellow teeth, a receding hairline, and exaggerated features.

The Fox hosts were upset with Steinberg's recent article "Fox News Finds Its Rivals Closing In" which declared that CNN and MSNCB have added viewers at "far more dramatic rate" than Fox, so far this election. When asked if the NY Times would respond to the image doctoring, the paper's Culture Editor Sam Sifton said no thanks: "It is fighting with a pig, everyone gets dirty and the pig likes it."

Fox News has found some pretty creative ways to outrage me lately. What should be done to address this visual dishonesty? To see the video,

Shot in the Dark? The Relationship Between Guns and Crime

LibertySugar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:35 -0700

Sunday's New York Times examined the relationship between gun laws and crime. The survey of research (cited in the Supreme Court opinions regarding Washington DC's ban on handguns) pondered the question: Do guns kill people, or do gun control laws kill people?

Here are some of the findings I found to be the most interesting:

A before-and-after study found that although Baltimore did not have a similar law, its crime rate mimicked Washington’s.
Reduction in suicides and gun accidents are cited by proponents of the DC law as positive effects that go unnoticed or underestimated.

To see how the US compares to Europe,

Western Oil Companies Back in Iraq With Unusual Contracts

LibertySugar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:02:44 -0700

Thirty-six years after Saddam Hussein nationalized oil and kicked out Western companies, Iraq's Oil Ministry has awarded Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, and BP contracts set to bring the oil giants back.

Despite the fact that high oil prices put these contracts in high demand, Iraq granted very unusual no-bid contracts, meaning the companies did not have to compete with their counterparts in China, Russia, and India. Today's New York Times explains:

There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract. The Bush administration has said that the war was necessary to combat terrorism. It is not clear what role the United States played in awarding the contracts; there are still American advisers to Iraq’s Oil Ministry.

The oil companies assure that they intend to help Iraq rebuild its neglected oil infrastructure. To see how,

Remembering and a Musical? "South Pacific" on Memorial Day

CitizenSugar — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:10:03 -0700

In the New York Times this morning, Frank Rich has a lovely op-ed seeing the vintage musical South Pacific through the eyes of a modern audience on Memorial Day. He calls the clamor for tickets to the musical's revival, "surely the most unexpected cultural sensation the city has experienced in a while," with some spending up to $1,000 for the $120 ticket.

Why? The show has not only withstood the test of time, but has become again relevant. Rich muses that even during the broad musical numbers, the subject matter shines through. Audiences are forced to contemplate Iraq, remember those whose memory we honor tomorrow — even the racial conflicts depicted still feel alive.

He says, “South Pacific isn’t prowar or antiwar. But it makes you think about the costs." Maybe now is the window when the show is most relevant. He says maybe audiences want, "to glom onto an earlier America’s noble mission because we, unlike 'the greatest generation,' had none of our own. The real South Pacific returns us to the war as its contemporaries saw it, when the wounds were too raw to be healed by sentiment."

He concludes beautifully:

And so as we watch that family gather at the end of South Pacific, both their future and their country’s destiny yet to be written, we weep for the same reason we often do when we experience a catharsis at the theater. We grieve deeply for our losses and our failings, even as we feel an undertow of cockeyed optimism about the possibilities of healing and redemption that may yet lie ahead.

Whether watching an old musical tomorrow, or barbecuing with friends, here's to remembering our losses and embracing hope for the future. Tomorrow at 3 p.m. is the National Moment For Remembrance — pause then for a moment and remember.

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Mac Users: Get the NY Times Reader For Free!

LibertySugar — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:55:20 -0700

Mac Users: Get the NY Times Reader For Free! If you like to get your daily dose of news from the New York Times online (and you're a Mac user), a new beta version of Times Reader is now available for Macs and is — free! You'll need to be a registered user of the NYTimes.com and the download requires a Silverlight install (it will prompt you to install if you don't have it already). Although keep in mind that once the Reader is out of beta, it will cost around $15 a month. What's great about this Reader is the fact that you'll be able to view the content offline as well.

Shades of Green — A Disney Resort For Military Families

CitizenSugar — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:00:09 -0700

I can't believe I had never heard of this place until I cracked open the Times yesterday — Shades of Green. It's a vacation spot for soldiers on active duty (and other eligible service folks) to call their own when they come home to visit their families or need a vacation.

Nestled within Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, the name is inspired by camouflage colors and features everything you'd expect from a fun-in-the-sun resort — all housed on property leased by the Army. Shades of Green is one of five Armed Forces Recreation Centers (the other fun-spots: Hawaii, Germany, South Korea and Virginia) where servicemen and women can reunite with families.

The resort has the usual — swimming pools and tennis courts — but there are some service-specific goodies as well. The pond has radio controlled boats emblazoned with service insignia so branches can compete with one another, and strict attention is paid to making the resort ADA-accessible. To see the other perks,

McCain Gears Up For General Fight — He's Everywhere!

CitizenSugar — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:31 -0700

Well, hello gorgeous! McCain has been enjoying the fruits of the Andre the Giant-sized Democratic primary but suddenly today, he's all over the map. (Not to mention a stop in my home state!) Here's what's going on with the Republican Senator:

A sneak-preview of the New York Times Sunday magazine section, the huge article called "The McCain Doctrines," includes this quote from Max Cleland, Georgia’s former Democratic senator: “McCain is my friend and brother, and I love him dearly. But I think you learn something fighting on the ground, like me and John Kerry and Chuck Hagel did in Vietnam. This objective of ‘hearts and minds’? Well, hello! You didn’t know which heart and mind was going to blow you up!"
McCain spoke moments ago in Columbus, OH, jumping feet first into the general election and outlining plans for his presidency. He laid out a timetable of his own for Iraq — one of victory. Imagining the world at the end of his term he said, "By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension." He added by 2013, "there is no longer any place in the world al Qaeda can consider a safe haven," and that there still will not have been a "major terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001."
Cindy McCain has sold off $2 million she held in funds with investments in Sudan businesses. The mutual funds have investments in companies with business in Sudan according to an organization that has been working to persuade states, universities and other organizations to divest. A spokesman for the campaign says, "As soon as she was made aware, she sold it."

Do you believe McCain's vision for the end of his term in office? Will the US have won the Iraq war? Are you interested in Cindy McCain's financial situation — especially since she's demurred to release her tax returns?

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India Blames US Gluttony For Food Crisis — Are They Right?

CitizenSugar — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:53:15 -0700

Researches at an independent research institute in India think they've solved the food crisis — hold on to your drumstick — they say the US's voracious appetites that is to blame. That if Americans slimmed down to the weight of middle-class Indians, “many hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plates.” The spokesman for the organization added pointedly that the amount of money spent in the United States on liposuction to get rid of fat from excess consumption could be better spent feeding famine victims. The super-sized backlash on American consumption stems partially from remarks made by President Bush about India’s growing middle class and food prices. He said, “when you start getting wealth, you start demanding better nutrition and better food, and so demand is high, and that causes the price to go up.”An editorial in India slammed these comments, saying Bush was trying to pass the food inflation buck to India, instead of where India thinks it properly belongs. Figures may show they're right. The United States uses — or throws away — 3,770 calories a person each day (according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) compared with 2,440 calories per person in India. Is consumption to blame for the food crisis and grocery bill sticker-shock? Are factors like poor crops, climate change, biofuels, and fuel prices more to blame than the US liposuction habit? Is India making a fair point?Source

India Blames US Gluttony For Food Crisis — Are They Right?

Yes! It's not a comfortable burden to bear, but it's true. We need to cut back.

There are a lot of reasons for the current food situation, but yes, this could be one.

Are you kidding? This is political sniping. I manage my own plate responsibly, thank you.

Other. I've got an extra helping for the comments.

Is Your Pantry Partisan? Having Our Vote and Eating It Too?

CitizenSugar — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:01:59 -0700

In a tight race, political advisers have to stop at nothing to figure out how voters are thinking — all the way down to scrutinizing what's in their shopping carts. By looking closely at consumer behavior, including how people eat, savvy advisers are seeing a way to scavenge for votes. In the voting biz it's called microtargeting (hello Soccer Moms!) and it's as much political discipline as cute concept.

In the Coke-vs-Pepsi United States, the brands we buy and how we spend our free time can be a pretty good predictor of our politics. So the same way you get a mailbox full of targeted catalogs, people can figure out your votes based on shopping habits.

Although advisers still consider gender, religion, and other big categories most useful, info about eating, travel, and hobbies provide a good second-tier crystal ball into the mind of the voter. Clintonite Mark Penn wrote a book all about this practice of microtargeting — and said about Obama in an email just last week, “He has more of the arugula vote.” Are you an arugula or an iceberg vote? To see which parties eat what,

81 Percent Say the US Is "On the Wrong Track." Are We?

CitizenSugar — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:00:22 -0700

According to a New York Times/CBS News poll just released, 81 percent of respondents felt "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." 81 percent. That's four out of five. I'm kind of surprised. Call me a sentimental sap, but just yesterday I was listening to this song on the treadmill. Thinking critically, I know that saying that we're on the wrong track and being proud are different animals, but I see a lot of "tracks" around the world I'm glad we're not on. Of course I see we have challenges, but 81 percent? The number was up from 69 percent last year and 35 percent in early 2003. The darkening outlook had been attributed to the situation in Iraq but this poll showed a big addition of concern over the economy, almost flip-flopping priority of concern with Iraq.Only 4 percent of respondents said the country was in better shape than it was five years ago, while a sizeable 78 percent said it was worse. This news is pretty jarring. If this were an election, 81 percent would be a landslide. Are you surprised by this finding? Do you agree?

81 Percent Say the US Is "On the Wrong Track." Are We?

Yes. We are on the wrong track, I'm pretty embarrassed for our country.

I agree we're off course, but thinking so doesn't mean I'm not proud of the US.

No. There might be ups and downs, but as a whole we're fine.

I think everything is great, and I don't know any of those 81 percent.

Other. Boy, oh boy. This is a toughie I have to hash out in the comments.

I don't know about the country but your iPod needs some serious help.

I love it! That song is a favorite of mine too.

"No Condom For the Heart." Does Abstinence Education Work?

CitizenSugar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:00:34 -0700

No-nookie talk is breeding like rabbits! The New York Times magazine section this weekend got to at least second base with a great feature on virginity clubs at Ivy League schools. These "just-say no-way-until-marriage" groups, have religious members, but some are focused on the feminist part of withholding the goods. Janie Fredell, the co-president of the True Love Revolution, the Harvard group at the center of the piece said, I am an unconventional feminist. . . . it takes a strong woman to be abstinent, and that's the sort of woman I want to be.

What struck me about the piece were the stats about abstinence education:

A 2004 report issued by Representative Henry Waxman, (D — CA) found 11 of 13 abstinence programs his government-reform committee examined were rife with scientific errors and false and misleading information about the risks of sexual activity.

A national survey found that those who took virginity pledges held on to their technical virginity about 18 months longer than teenagers who didn’t pledge, but they were six times more likely to engage in oral sex than virgins who hadn’t taken a pledge. They were also much less likely to use condoms during their first sexual experience or to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.

And these reports are just out too:

$1.5 billion tax dollars have been spent on abstinence programs since 1982.

A new study shows that students who receive comprehensive sex education are half as likely to become teen parents as those who get none or abstinence-only sex education.

Even Grey's Anatomy actress Kate Walsh is talking abstinence, saying on CBS's Early Show on Friday that, "Abstinence only is not working. It's a $1.5 billion program over the last 10 years that has, quite frankly, failed."Should we be saying yes to saying no? Should abstinence be taught?Source

"No Condom For the Heart." Does Abstinence Education Work?

Yes. Abstinece is the only safe sex, and regardless of religion we need to teach it.

I think it's a good starting point, but we need to back it up with info on condoms, etc.

No. It's unrealistic to think people won't have sex. We have to make sure they're safe.

Ooh yeah, I have a lot to say about this. I'll tell you in the comments.

Past Candidates Weigh In on What's Not Being Said

CitizenSugar — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:00:50 -0800

In perhaps the most eloquent reunion of candidates who've fallen by the campaign wayside, the New York Times extended an invitation to each drop-out, asking what issue they would still be highlighting if they were campaigning, and how they'd like to see the current candidates speak out.

Called, "What I’d Be Talking About if I Were Still Running," in eight different editorials, everyone from Joe Biden's piece called "Afghanistan. Pakistan. Forgotten," to Tom Tancredo's "Bordering on Disaster," each is well worth a read, and presents a nugget to keep in your mind as you listen to the current campaign topics.

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Single-Sex Education — Should Girls and Boys Learn Apart?

CitizenSugar — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:30:07 -0800

In the New York Times magazine section this weekend, they examine new ways research in favor of segregating sexes is being applied in public education. Traditional reasons supporting pink-and-blue, "Girl Power" or "Boys' Only" educational structure include biological evidence, like:

Boys don’t hear as well as girls

Boys’ visual systems are better at seeing action

Girls are better at seeing the nuance of color and texture

But social reasons and student preference are growing as well. In the school featured in the piece, when students and parents were given a choice between co-ed or single-sex education, the percentage who chose single sex rose from one-third the first year to 87 percent two years later. The principal of the school notes that single-sex classes produce fewer discipline problems, more parental support, and better scores in writing, reading, and math. Those results are augmented by the fact that the highest-performing teachers and her most-motivated students choose single-sex classrooms.The main opponent of moving toward single-sex education is the A.C.L.U. They oppose all single-sex public education, basing their argument on Title IX, the 1972 Education Amendment that bans discrimination in educational programs on the basis of sex. They also refute the biological arguments saying, “What kind of message does it give when you tell a group of kids that boys and girls need to be separated because they don’t even see or hear alike?”What do you think? Should the playing ground be equal for all, or arranged to benefit the unique needs of a single sex? Do boys and girls learn better apart?Source

Single-Sex Education — Should Girls and Boys Learn Apart?

Yes. Both sexes can learn better with programs geared toward their specific needs.

Maybe some classes, like science, but the sexes need to learn to work together.

No. The real world isn't segregated. This is discrimination and an artificial environment.

Other. I'll tell you in the comments.

Missed the Debate? Here's the Ultimate Cheat-Sheet

CitizenSugar — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:45:08 -0800

Everyone around you is talking about the presidential debate last night and the "Xerox comment heard 'round the world," and you're baffled? Never fear! The New York Times Transcript Analyzer feature practically watches the debate for you, explains the finer points over a nice dinner, and might rub your feet if you're lucky. Okay, not really — but it does have an entire rollover transcript, second-by-second, searchable by word.

Search "Xerox" and up pops a little marker on the exact time it was uttered, how many times, and by whom. It was exactly once, by Hillary Clinton at 51:38, but that one mention is clearly the go-to soundbite from the debate today. Liberty and I will be back in a bit with our reactions, but in the meantime, go check it out. Ooh, and there's video too . . .

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Check This: Coming Out of The Political Closet

CitizenSugar — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:00:12 -0800

This week's Modern Love column in the New York Times is called, I Married a Republican: There, I Said It. It's a tale of a war protesting, straight-ticket voting Democrat who falls for a Republican. She decides to accept him because he says, "I vote for the best candidate. I read everything I can. I listen to them speak. And I vote for the person who can do the best job.”

Despite this, her husband's political beliefs plague her. She says, "love can sidetrack a person. Still, it did not feel good when I told myself: I love a Republican. It felt, in fact, like I had betrayed someone. Or many people." She is tortured by her husband's difference as friends make comments, and she becomes increasingly impatient with his point of view.

I agree, it's distinctly and wildly uncomfortable to be in a big group of people who assume everyone agrees with them — especially when they launch into a tirade or joke directed right at the heart of your beliefs — because how on earth could anyone think differently? I'm sure they think they don't even know any... of those people. To find out how this applies to any party or belief,

Where I'm Clicking Now: The Caucus

CitizenSugar — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:00:06 -0800

This is another goodie I gathered while we were all distracted by last month's shop-and-wrapapalooza. Now the New York Times is deservedly one of the fancy papers of record, and their political blog, The Caucus is worthy of the Times moniker, so I love, love when they branch out to, let's say, softer news.

This quiz helps answer the burning political question, "Ron Paul, or...Ru Paul?" Come on, this you gotta see—but be warned, you'll have to "work it girl"—it's harder than you'd think!

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