Obama and the Palin Effect, by Deepak Chopra
 
Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that.  This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week.  On the surface, she outdoes former Vice President Dan [...]

Subject: This is America. We don’t jail journalists here.
Dear Friend,
Jailing journalists is unacceptable in a democracy. But that’s exactly what is happening at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Award winning journalist and host of “Democracy Now” Amy Goodman was arrested by St. Paul police while covering a protest outside the Republican National Convention. [...]

“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned.”
Our – This is my husband’s fault.
Beautiful daughter – We’re not judging her and by the way, in case you haven’t noticed, she’s very pretty.
Came to us [...]