The late great Erma Bombeck once said she didn't know how other people worked out their problems without getting their own column in which to write about them.  It is indeed one of the lovely things about being a writer.  We can externalize some of our inner conflicts.

And so, thanks to a wonderful website called 3rdActs.com, I've been able to do just that.  They have kindly published my essay, called "A Red and Blue Marriage", about the struggles my husband and I have had--with each other!--during the Bush administration.   You can find it here:  http://www.3rdacts.com/politics/red_and_blue_marriage.php