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How the Target Boycott Made Me Rethink My Patriotism
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- When you live abroad for a long time, you tend to identify certain cultural objects that anchor you with a sense of home. They are the things that -- for better or for worse -- come to signify "America." It might be a diner that serves all-day brunch. Or the blissful simplicity of a tumble dryer. Or -- depending on your politics -- the meteoric rise of a Mama Grizzly politician or a musician for whom the public is Gaga. For me, that cultural touchstone has always been Target, the iconic superstore of highways and strip malls across America, where you can buy everything from ...
Mother's Day? No, Try Goddess Day
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThat's what my husband has nicknamed Mother's Day. He takes me out to eat and he calls me a goddess, since we have no children. Before you start retching, let me add that it's a miracle we made it to 33 years. Marriage is hard, as my colleague Delia Lloyd eloquently explained in her post, More Wives Should Dump Their Husbands. Delia was moved to write by the sad tale of Silda Spitzer, who literally stood by her man when her husband Eliot Spitzer resigned his post as New York governor. ...
Five Things I Love About America
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyI've just come back from a whirlwind, two-week tour of the East Coast of the United States. Because I live in London and only return to America about once a year, my visits back to the States often feel like an in-your-face immersion in all that is American. ...
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