I am posting my interview with Michelle Obama also available at Military.com.
Q. In recent history, the military vote has been generally Republican. Is this because of spin or substance, and what can the Democrats do to change the trend?
The broken politics in Washington have left our troops and their families without many of the resources that they deserve. People are tired of it. Too many military families feel as though they’re struggling alone. I think that what our servicemen and women and their families are asking for is …

I wish that I had something good to say about my experience with Tricare and military medicine, but today I don’t. While I am fully aware that there are plenty of excellent physicians and medical professionals who do a great job taking care of their patients, I feel disappointed and frustrated with a system that sometimes doesn’t take care of its customers.
I know you are going to send me lots of emails (some angry) telling me how fortunate I am to be part of such a great system when so …

I am trying to learn one thing as I grow older. Yes, even I attempt to grasp higher truths, and these are not tips to be a better cook or crafty mom because they are impossible tasks for my incapable hands, but notions that I really have no control over most things that happen in my life. I am a passenger, ok a backseat-driver kind of passenger, but a passenger nonetheless.
On some level I know this from clear empirical data, no matter how much I plan things they always unfold …

I am not a show-your-boob-while-you-breastfeed type of mom. But I respect anyone’s personal style, full view, partial view or no view at all. The way a mom decides to breastfeed her child is her own business and not mine to judge.
This said, I was extremely surprised when, while discretely breastfeeding my daughter at the mall, a military man, dressed in uniform, told me that what I was doing was appalling and shouldn’t be done in public. Luckily (for him) he spoke quickly and walked away just as fast, but I …