I have a new So Here’s The Thing column up at the Washington Times Communities site! This week I’m waxing profound (snort) about how I haven’t heard ANY kind of holiday greeting so far this year. I’m afraid the Politically…
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
All American Muslim
I’ve been meaning to write about All American Muslim for a while. The show debuted on TLC right around the time I wrote about my misgivings about the Duggars and someone who commented on that post challenged me to compare…
Douche Seeking Missile
To the tune of You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch: You’re a douchebag, Mr. Douche. You’re a douche0y douche-y douche! OK, parody song lyrics clearly aren’t my strength. But I know a lot about douchebags! And stark.raving.mad.mommy. and I are…
New Column: Elf on the Shelf: Friend? Or jailhouse snitch?
I have a new column up over at the Washington Times Communities today! (Amazing that I’m doing any writing at all given that my son’s desire to be 6 inches from me at all times, including while I clean the…
Twitter, Politics, and Blowing A Lot
So here’s an interesting question. If your teenager tweeted that the governor of your state “blows a lot”, what would you do? For me, it would depend entirely on who the governor was and if he or she really did…
Not Super
So. The Super Committee. Yeah. Let’s stop calling them “super”, shall we? It was so nice to think of this bi-partisan group of Congressional budget experts, a super squad of deficit crusaders, sitting in a conference room in the Capitol…
25 People (Living and Dead) That I’d Like to Have Dinner With
In no particular order… Robert Reich Even Ensler My grandmother Matt Damon Henry Rollins David Sedaris Barney Frank Nancy Pelosi Hillary Clinton Madeleine Albright Robin Williams Richard Holbrooke J.D. Salinger Nathan Lane Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert Jen Lancaster Bill Clinton…
This Week in WTF: Oops
I would like to thank the GOP for this post because they were like the gift that keeps on giving this week. Let us begin with the wacky antics of the current raft of Presidential nominee contenders. They’re funnier than…
On the Penn State Child Sex Abuse Case
There are not a lot of things in life and that utterly black and white. Life is full of shades of grey, infinitely confusing, with all levels of nuance available for interpretation. Except for this: if you ever, EVER see…
A Letter To The House of Representatives
Dear House of Representatives, In God We Trust? Really? That’s the best you could come up with? Listen, I know things are shitty for you now. Your approval rating among the American people dipped down to 9% recently and I…
