Archive | September, 2011
What Women Want and Why You Should Care: Women Influencers Online
“Networked: What Women Want and Why You Should Care” was the title of the panel I moderated at this year’s Activism+Media+Policy Summit to talk about how and why media, policymakers and politicos should be paying attention to the …
Continue reading...What if We Were Really Honest?
September 29, 2011
What would the never-ending debate about what it’s like to be a stay-at-home mom vs. a work-at-home mom vs. a work in an office mom look like if we all talked honestly about our experiences? No worn-out cliches about pretending …
Continue reading...5 Reasons Women Don’t Run for Office
September 28, 2011
The White House Project. She Should Run. Take Your Seat. Emerge America. The 2012 Project. These are just a few of the groups that try hard — really hard — to find and …
Continue reading...Where in the World is PunditMom?
September 25, 2011
So what have I been up to this week? Well … I had a nice chat on Mom Talk Radio with Maria Bailey about my book, Mothers of Intention. I was over at Babble Voices trying not to stress …
Continue reading...My Apology to Willie Geist
September 23, 2011
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I owe an apology to MSNBC’s Willie Geist. When I make a mistake, I will admit it. It’s not always easy or comfortable for anyone to admit when they are wrong (as all of us are from time to time) …
Continue reading...Dear Michele Bachmann, Leave My Daughter’s Cervix Out of Your Campaign
September 19, 2011
When political candidates start using our personal lives — the really personal parts — for their own political gain, they cross a line. And some of the GOP Presidential candidates have ventured into dangerous territory as they’ve been discussing our …
Continue reading...Sarah Palin in Your Pocket!
September 18, 2011
You KNOW you want it! Once Sarah Palin announces her 2012 Presidential candidacy, good luck trying to find one of these babies! And while I was out shopping for this, I wandered into the dangerous territory of taking PunditGirl, who …
Continue reading...Hillary Clinton: Horrible for 2008, But Perfect for 2012!
September 16, 2011
Political observers are loving Hillary Clinton today as much as they hated in her 2008. They just can’t seem to get enough of her these days. This one kvells over her amazingness as Secretary of State. That one gushes over …
Continue reading...12-Year-Old Girls Could End Rick Perry’s Presidential Campaign
September 14, 2011
I’ve never really seen Rick Perry as a GOP presidential front-runner, even though many other pundits say he’s got it in the bag. Tea partiers love him as their flavor of the moment, but he’s got so much baggage that …
Continue reading...Teaching 9/11 on 9/12 & Beyond
September 12, 2011
Much of the nation spent this past 9/11 remembering the horrible events of that day a decade ago. How is it possible that it’s been ten years since we watched the planes hit the World Trade Center buildings and then …
Continue reading...PunditMom Gets Around …
September 10, 2011
Where have I been hanging out this week besides PunditMom? No, I wasn’t in that beautiful Giverny garden in France, but I was a few other fun places …. I was honored to be selected by Working Mother Magazine …
Continue reading...The GOP Presidential Debate in Two Minutes
September 9, 2011
In case you hit the sack early on Wednesday night, or just didn’t have the stomach to watch the Republican canned speech event debate, here’s a quick recap for your weekend cocktail party discussion pleasure: Newt Gingrich — You kids …
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September 30, 2011
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