Blog Posts for Jacquelyn Mitchard

Jacquelyn Mitchard's Travel Diary II

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:17:06 -0500

8 p.m. La Guardia --- The people left here tonight either have somewhere they have to go that's life and death or have lost all hope.

Jacquelyn Mitchard's Travel Diary

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:16:22 -0500

Monday morning: Woke up at 1 a.m. to the sound of my husband saying, "Wake up. Wake up. The dog is puking." I am the designated dog-puke tsar.

Watched TV in the Airport Today

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:39:15 -0500

Unlike Peggy Noonan, who wrote poignantly a few days ago about Gate 14 being a small town of Americans who all looked shamed and wouldn't meet each other's eyes and didn't quite understand why thei

Watched TV in the Airport Today

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:38:58 -0500

Unlike Peggy Noonan, who wrote poignantly a few days ago about Gate 14 being a small town of Americans who all looked shamed and wouldn't meet each other's eyes and didn't quite understand why thei

If Palin Were President by Francie Brent, age 12

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:14:49 -0500

If Sara Palin were President of the United States, I would be as smart as the President of the United States.

And Sometimes, I Liked Her Suit....

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:49:21 -0500

Once in a while, she reminded me, in a cute way, of my friend's older sister, who says "Gosh darn it" when she's angry.

Issues? Shmissues! It's the Lipstick, Stupid

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:13:43 -0500

Silly man Paul Krugman writes on the Times' Op-Ed page that the recent scattershot of claims from the McCain-Palin campaign have one thing in common -- that they're "out-and-out lies."<

Or Am I Losing My Mind?

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:24:51 -0500

It was a sunny day, like this day, when 70,000 people stood in the street that leads from the Capitol to the University in my home town.

How Sweet It Isn't

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:37:22 -0500

I should be shouting from the rooftops, and especially telling my two little girls, age nine and twelve, how exciting it is to be alive in an era in which a woman came just ...

Politics Made Flesh? Sarah Palin's Newborn Child

Jacquelyn Mitchard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:58:37 -0500

It takes a brave woman to embrace a baby with disabilities, and I was touched when I read Sarah Palin's quote wondering whether she could fully do so when she learned that her baby, Trig, had Down