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		<title>Some Modest Proposals to Spur the Economy (And Create Jobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some very sobering and alarming statistics were published this weekend.  The number of Americans living in poverty has jumped from 13.4% to 15% &#8211; and while a 1.6% increase doesn&#8217;t seem so high, remember that it represents almost 5 million Americans.  FIVE MILLION. These are levels that have been unseen in this country since before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=624&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Americans on the Brink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a typical secular Sunday in my household.   An early riser by nature, I drove off at 8 am to get doughnuts and a paper, and was comfortably ensconced in my recliner in time to watch the Sunday news shows.  During the roundtable feature on &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;, host David Gregory was asking the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=606&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Racism, Reid &amp; Republicans&#8230;Can&#8217;t We All Just Get Along?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, when my daughter was 10 or 11, she was assigned to read a book about Langston Hughes &#8211; the early 20th century African-American poet and playwright &#8211; for Black History month.  She came to me one day to ask me about the terms &#8220;colored&#8221; and &#8220;colored people&#8221; that cropped up throughout the book. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=603&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Breast Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahem.  Now that I have your attention&#8230; The American culture has always been absolutely obsessed by the breast.  As women, in may ways we define ourselves by our breasts; are they big enough, firm enough, round enough?  We alter our bodies with baggies full of synthetic material to get the perfect breast.  Our breasts are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=600&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back!  Did you Miss Me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case any of you were wondering, my kitchen table has taken a very much-needed vacation from the blogosphere.  Thanks to all of you regular readers who stuck with me and sent messages wondering if I were sick or expired.  Obviously, neither was true, but as October wore on I believed my left-wing head was going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=597&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If Not Now, When?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life imitates art, and sometimes art imitates life.  This weekend, as thousands of gay rights advocates marched in Washington to push the administration and the Congress to get started on their promises toward gay civil rights, I caught two things on television that got me thinking again about all this. On Saturday, I watched comedian Wanda Sykes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=594&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General Discontent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw an interesting roundtable discussion on &#8220;This Week with George Stephanopoulos&#8221; yesterday morning.  The discussion topic was Afghanistan and Commanding General Stanley McChrystal&#8217;s comments in London late last week.  When asked if he could support a new Afghan policy of more hands-off engagement via unmanned drones and special forces operations, McChrystal bluntly answered no.  &#8220;Waiting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=589&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Found:  A Democrat with Balls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I fell in love Tuesday.  Completely, utterly, and helplessly in love.  And don&#8217;t worry about any implications this may have for Mr. Kitchen Table; you see, he fell in love, too. And WHO is this object of our affections?  Florida Congressman Alan Grayson &#8211; a Democrat that actually is acting like a Democrat.  Imagine! In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=584&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pants on Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year while my daughter was in elementary, middle, and high school, I would get a note from at least one teacher about inappropriate behavior in class.  You see, my daughter was one of those kids that enjoyed school as a social occasion, but it didn&#8217;t matter to her if she actually learned anything there.  She [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=578&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Way Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My nest is empty. On Saturday, Mr. Kitchen Table and I took our daughter two hours down the interstate and left her in a tiny cinder-block room in a city where she knows nobody.  Of course, this place is commonly known as a college dormitory and countless parents have made the same trip &#8211; but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateskitchentable.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4713661&amp;post=575&amp;subd=kateskitchentable&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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