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We Should Pardon the President for Thinking With His Heart

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

My brother-in-law recently sent a message to our family text chain, the members of whom rest somewhere on the political spectrum from solidly Democratic to more liberal than Mao Zedong.

What do we think of this?

He linked to a story about President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, who had been convicted on tax evasion and gun ...Read more

Junk the 'Junk Food' Judgment, Please

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

"This is junk food, Mommy."

That's what my 6-year-old told me as he sat down to his pre-swimming lesson snack. I'd given him peanut butter pretzels, fruit snacks and a piece of leftover Halloween candy.

"It's bad for me, and I'll get tired in a half-hour," he went on, starting to cry. "I don't want to get tired in a half-hour."

As I talked ...Read more

A Short List of Things I Never Want to Hear About Again

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

Now that the 2024 presidential election has come to its inevitable if protracted conclusion, can we turn the page? Donald Trump won so we won't have to sit through years of conspiracy theories about how Democrats have been training tiny monkeys to live in the ballot scanners and reject all Trump votes, but there are plenty of other matters I'd...Read more

I'm Settling Down for an Election Day Nap

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

Wake me when the election is over.

Actually, don't only wait until the election is over, wake me up when the campaign-related complaining, conspiracy theories, insults, protests, riots, bad jokes, lawsuits and death threats are over. Just to make sure, wait until after the votes are certified and the inauguration has safely concluded.

I ...Read more

No Such Thing as a Third Rail When It Comes to Trump

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

There's a great gulf of silence in our country, a yawning chasm of "no comment" from Republicans on the shocking, disturbing and bizarre things that former President Donald Trump has said and continues to say.

That lack of criticism -- born from fear of retribution not only from Trump but from his minions in and out of political office -- was...Read more

Americans Are Surrounded by Information. Why Are They Still So Ill-Informed?

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

Despite Americans in 2024 having access to more high-quality, well-sourced information on every topic known to man, somehow, we're seemingly also the most ill-informed people in human history.

I turn for evidence to a statement that a member of Congress was forced to release in response to what he called Hurricane Helene "response myths." The...Read more

The Secret Mission of 'Culinary Class Wars' on Netflix: Find Yourself

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

The last thing I expected while watching a Korean cooking TV show was to confront my childhood feelings about my Greek heritage, but that's exactly what happened.

That I settled on "Culinary Class Wars" on Netflix was no surprise. I'm a sucker for reality cooking competitions, particularly ones that lean heavily on the contestants' cooking ...Read more

Candidates Offer Vibes Instead of Plans

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

I asked my husband the other day how the vice presidential debate went. Because I no longer subject myself to torturous events that have absolutely no bearing on my life, I hadn't watched.

"Not good," he said.

He was worried that J.D. Vance's smooth performance against Tim Walz meant trouble for the Democratic ticket.

"Don't worry," I told ...Read more

The Cost of Duty, and Why We Should Pay It

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

It's hardly even fall, but already I'm looking for airline tickets for Thanksgiving, my jaw agape in horror at the prices.

It's never been cheap to travel during the holidays, so I can't tell if I'm just getting crotchetier about the cost or if flying is truly getting that much more expensive.

Whatever the answer, I'm committed, begrudgingly...Read more

How Many Beach Days Do We Have Left?

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

I took the kids to the beach today.

It was a school night, they hadn't started their homework yet and I had a mound of laundry the size of Godzilla dropping in the basement, but when I picked them up from school, I looked up at the cloudless sky, saw the temperature was an unseasonable 83 degrees, and said, "What the heck."

I asked myself ...Read more

Talk of Immigrants Eating Pets Isn't Funny Anymore

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

The least funny joke told during the most recent presidential debate was former President Donald Trump falsely accusing Haitian immigrants in Ohio of eating people's dogs and cats.

Oh, sure, it was hilarious at first. Vice President Kamala Harris even laughed when he said it.

I mean, how could anyone think immigrants are stealing people's ...Read more

 

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