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Embracing Sport & Politics at the Olympics

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This is one of the most thoughtful things I’ve read on the argument regarding the politicization of the Olympic games. Matt Browner Hamlin makes the undeniable case that even if you wish the athletes could compete without distraction, it’s a reality you can’t ignore:
The host nation of China has the ignominious distinction of possessing one [...]

LIVE from the Oregon Primary

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ May 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The election is literally heating up to the mid-90s here in Portland, where my pal, Megan, and I have been traipsing door-to-door evangelizing on behalf of Barack Obama and reminding voters to drop off their ballots before Tuesday’s deadline.
It was surreal to think, as we were sweating profusely in Beaverton, a P-town suburb, yesterday afternoon [...]

The Inaugural Post.

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ March 2, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Standing in the disco-70s “TV room” of a dilapidated Hollywood apartment building for seniors on SuperTuesday while casting my vote for Barack Obama, I couldn’t help but think of Thomas Jefferson riding in a horse-drawn carriage, stopping to kiss little colonial babies on one of those early, literal campaign trails. Perhaps in TJ’s context, despite [...]

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