No thanks, I’ll pass on a Holy War.

Check out this video of Oprah speaking to 29,000 people about Barack Obama.
This Mother Jones piece, Obama and Oprah: The Ultimate Power Couple, by Debra Dickerson is also worth reading.
There’s a major difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party this election year.
When the Republicans look in the mirror they see exactly what we’ve always seen when looking at in a president – an old white guy with some money and a little power. A vision that has always made real power a possibility for all the white boys.
When the Democrats look in the mirror many of them see someone new: a …read more

The Blue Marble Blog by way of Mother Jones reported on an interesting study which seems to say small children believe McDonald’s food tastes better. The researcher, Tom Robinson of Stanford University states, a child’s sense of taste has been “physically altered by the branding.”
My kids love McDonald’s, as I’m sure yours do. I loved McDonald’s as a child too. I don’t think it has as much to do with the taste of the food as it does with the playground and the symbolism of doing something special. Special as opposed to a tuna or turkey sandwich at home.
My kids don’t prefer …read more