Ericka's Blog

I just love this song. It makes me happy. And chills me out. Hopefully you'll get something out of it too. I've been listening to Zac Brown Band frequently and they continue to be one of my favorites. Unique, down to earth, perfect for every summery day coming up. Zac...

Traveling to New Orleans for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference was a fun experience, in many ways because I spent time with some of the folks I interact with online. When you are a blogger or work in new media, it’s rare you get to put a face with an email...

I just wanted to share this video I found over at Cosmopolitan Conservative. It's not difficult to connect the dots when it comes to abortion. It's painful for the fetus, it stops a beating heart, it ends a life. I've said it a million times, a million ways. Choose...

It’s been about three years since I first heard the name Sarah Palin. I remember my Human Events co-worker, John Gizzi, opining on the former Alaska Governor’s long shot chances at the Vice-Presidency in early 2008. She wasn’t even really on the short list. Then, I...

I’ve only worked in Washington, DC politics for the past three and a half years so my understanding of national politics as a historical whole is limited. I came to DC in the midst of tumultuous 2006 midterm elections, just before George Allen made famous the “macaca”...

First posted on Smart Girl Nation:Since Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak made abortion a defining issue in the health care debate, we’ve seen a landslide of human interest stories surrounding the topic. It has put the emotion-laden argument on a pedestal, but has ultimately...