A little over a year ago, I joined the BlogHer team as a contributing editor for Politics and News, highlighting views from "The Right".

My first post was published here in 2006, just before the 2006 Senate and House elections. The topic was embryonic stem cell research and the campaign ads that featured actor Michael J. Fox.

Sixty-two comments were posted in response. Some reactions were good, others were tough to swallow, but I was so proud of my first attempt at writing about politics.