This column is for all the crooked-toothed adults out there: Getting braces as a 31-year-old was the longest, most painful and most awkward ordeal I've ever endured. Every time I opened my mouth people were shocked and full of questions — a grown woman with braces? Just six years later, I would not be such an exception.
Oh, dear, what is that baying? It sounds like the religious right has let slip the dogs of culture war.
Republicans, Democrats, the tea party and the Occupy movement — it seems every American from 1 to 99 has their own favorite plan on how to tackle taxes and federal spending. Assuming there's room for one more plan, I've borrowed bits and pieces from the current debate, but — urged on by the political commentariat and citizen-pundits alike — I've gone big and bold.
