It used to be that more families ate dinner together and high school students worked summers and after school . Ruben Navarrette : Sarah Palin rose from small-town life to big-time politics . Palin, who was born in Wasilla, Alaska, and raised on a cattle ranch near the Canadian border, is now Alaska's governor. He says she was unfairly targeted by liberals prejudiced against small towns . Navarrette : We can expect to hear from Palin again , maybe in four years .
Ruben Navarrette : Sarah Palin rose from small-town life to big-time politics . Palin, who was born in Wasilla, Alaska, and raised on a cattle ranch near the Canadian border, is now Alaska's governor. He says she was unfairly targeted by liberals prejudiced against small towns . Navarrette : We can expect to hear from Palin again , maybe in four years .