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Please check out my essay on Salon.com: http://bit.ly/aOscpq and help a girl out by "liking." Thanks all!

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iGoogle, iDumber

Neil Postman’s critique, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, went eerily close and decades short of our present digital land of milk and honey.

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'Muslim President Obama' and the Careful Stand for Religious Freedom

by eveningessayist, Thursday, August 19, 2010, 4 comments

The Washington Post reported today that nearly 1 in 5 Americans believe the president is Muslim. When the president took office, about half those polled believed him to be a Christian; now that...

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Varieties of Loss, Finding My Religion

by eveningessayist, Sunday, August 1, 2010, 4 comments

This morning, I woke to NPR’s Speaking of Faith and these words, “Loss is not just catastrophic death, there are many different kinds of losses in our lives all the time.

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Education Reform: Race to the Top, a Long Way to Go

When I was in graduate school on Chicago’s Southside, I helped out at a few local public schools, tutoring kids and serving as an extra adult body in classrooms overflowing with children. One...

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Slowing Down for Yellow

A few months ago, I diagnosed myself with road rage. There’s just something about driving streets loaded with blaring horns, aggressive tour busses and agitated people shouting to themselves (...

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Seat Hogs

by eveningessayist, Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 2 comments

The Washington Post broke yesterday with exclusive news: people don’t like punks who refuse to share. Really, I was stunned. Who knew that anti-social behavior is so unpopular?

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Maryland Earthquake

by eveningessayist, Friday, July 16, 2010, 1 comments

We live just outside Washington, D.C. in Silver Spring, Maryland, and early this morning we experienced an oddity—an earthquake.

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Magic Beans and the Millennial Grab Bag

by eveningessayist, Thursday, July 15, 2010, 1 comments

As a kid I had trouble with Jack and the Beanstalk. Evidently, folks thought Jack was ripped off. “A cow for magic beans?” his mother cried. Perhaps I underestimated the value of a fine...

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LeBron, Pretty Faces and City Character

by eveningessayist, Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 3 comments

Washington is not a city of pretty faces. Every town has its unfair stereotypes, but to some degree, I think it may be Darwin in action. Those with chiseled chins and sparkling eyes flee to Los...

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Frayed at the Edges

by eveningessayist, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 8 comments

Many women’s magazines make me roll my eyes. What kind of person spends time writing things like “Your Make-Up Mood” or “What Your Hair Says About You”—more to the...

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Metro, One Year Later

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Washington, DC Metro crash. I write this as my train pulls into the Fort Totten station. We just passed the place where two trains collided last year.

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Why Today's Daily Muse ROCKS

Allow me a moment for some total friend-promotion. I know a lot of people who get frustrated with their day-to-day realities, get a little bored at work, or maybe get down about how much of an impact...

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In a Time of Oil

by eveningessayist, Thursday, June 17, 2010, 2 comments

As I boarded the train yesterday morning, I caught the front page of another commuter’s Washington Express. There was a large photo of President Obama kneeling down to touch an oil-speckled...

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Oh, Go Help Yourself

by eveningessayist, Friday, June 11, 2010, 3 comments

A young girl is drowning in a small lake. She flails her arms and gasps for air. She’s too distressed now to shout for help. You rush to the shore, but then stop short. You’re wearing...

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About Me

Political Leaning: Liberal

Name: Sarah Stankorb

Occupation: Nonprofit communications

More about Me: I’m a politically progressive, religiously agnostic writer working and living in the Washington DC area. My education was in philosophy and religious studies, which of course translates into a wide array of marketable skills… like thinking and reading slowly.

Life frequently catches me ill-prepared.

I’m also married, a new mother, and reveling in the challenge of finding a work-life balance. Baby vomit, commuting, and sleep deprivation—what’s not to love? At my day job, I am a communications manager for a national nonprofit supporting youth workforce development.

Interests: Hobbies: Writing. Napping (I’m the mother of a seven month old). Interests: Politics. Public policy. Ethics. Pizza.

Profession: Nonprofit Communications Manager

Slogan: I’m a politically progressive, religiously agnostic writer working and living in the Washington DC area. My education was in philosophy and religious studies, which of course translates into a wide array of marketable skills… like thinking and reading slowly. Life frequently catches me ill-prepared. I’m also married, a new mother, and reveling in the challenge of finding a work-life balance. Baby vomit, commuting, and sleep deprivation—what’s not to love? At my day job, I am a communications manager for a national nonprofit supporting youth workforce development. Read more by Sarah at www.eveningessayist.com.

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