It's no exaggeration: Last week was a Palin-palooza at Spot-on.com

First up, Scott Olin Schmidt who thinks that Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's VP is all about the boys - Republican men - not about women in "Suddenly, Sarah"

Chris Nolan took a look at Sarah Palin and how her choice is a counter to Michelle Obama, not Joe Biden And it's not a race contrast, it's a class contrast in "Sarah Smile".

Jeanne Jackson looked at Palin and noted that many, many mothers like her will see something familiar - and like it. "Live From St. Paul, It's.....

Deborah Klosky's compared Palin and a female minister of defense for that country's Socialist Party - if the two women are more different than they are alike. And perhaps that's true of others as well in "And Still About Sarah"

And Christopher Brauchli wasn't crazy about the entire idea of Palin's nomination. It won't, he said, bring in disenchanted Clinton Voters. "Baked Alaska."

This week begins a new phase of Kevin Weeks' writing about food and its place in our culture. Not a slender man - and having few qualms about it - Kevin is going to start looking at obesity and food. This won't be one of those lecture from your doctor, more an examination of why we eat too much and why we don't seem to be able to stop."An Extra Pound or 50"

Meanwhile, in a piece that pretty much sums up our state of mind - now that we're back on track after a somewhat chaotic summer Nicole Martinelli talks about the return of the natives to Milan and makes us feel better for not slacking off as much as we could have. "Italians Get Back To Business."

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