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PunditMom Has Moved!
Well, moved and rebranded, really! After seven amazing and rewarding years as “PunditMom,” it was time for me to become myself and launch new ventures. Don’t worry — I’m writing and being a pundit, but as myself — both at …
Continue reading...Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer: “Lean In” and Get Your Butt to the Office!
February 25, 2013
Lean in! Take charge! No fear! Out with flex-time! In with face time! These are the messages two of the highest profile working mothers in America are sending to the rest of us. If Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, …
Continue reading...What Happens to Global Women’s Issues Without Hillary Clinton?
February 21, 2013
What’s going to happen to America’s global women’s and girls initiatives without Hillary Clinton? Clinton was a champion for women and children around the world in a way no other Secretary of State before her. She’s brought money, attention and …
Continue reading...Sticks and Stones: Changing Our Culture of Teen Bullying
February 20, 2013
As the mother of a seventh-grade girl, to say that I’m navigating through the treacherous waters of middle school, bullying, drama and various cyber-issues would be an understatement. Sometimes it feels like I have things under control, but I …
Continue reading...You’re More Than a Guest in the First Lady’s Seating Box
February 12, 2013
The White House just released the list of guests who will be joining Michelle Obama in the traditional First Lady’s Seating Box for the State of the Union address. There are always some Americans invited whose stories are personally compelling …
Continue reading...Roe v. Wade in Black and White
January 22, 2013
Forty years doesn’t seem like all that long ago — especially for someone like me who is over 40! But on the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that guaranteed that women’s access to …
Continue reading...Crow After Roe: What You Should Really Know on Roe v. Wade’s 40th Anniversary
January 21, 2013
Robin Marty and Jessica Pieklo, two of my compatriots at our group project The Broad Side, have been working long and hard on their book about what has happened to women’s reproductive rights since the Supreme Court decision …
Continue reading...Let’s Be Honest About Assault Weapons
January 18, 2013
When I tried to explain to my seventh-grade daughter the details of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, I quickly realized by the semi-engaged look on her face that she knew a tragedy had occurred, but that she didn’t have …
Continue reading...What You Should Know About Abortion on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
January 15, 2013
In just a few days, we will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that ruled that our Constitutional right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extends to a …
Continue reading...America, You Have an Anger Problem
January 11, 2013
Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with representatives of the National Rifle Association as part of the discussion the White House is trying to have after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings. While he was meeting with the group whose …
Continue reading...“Whose Child Has to Die Next?”: Gun Control in America
January 9, 2013
Roxanna Green’s daughter, Christina, died in the shooting rampage that wounded Congresswoman Gabby Giffords two years ago at a town hall style event in Tucson, Arizona. While Green wrote a book about her daughter, she tried to stay out of …
Continue reading...What We Learned in 2012: 2013, Here We Come?
December 20, 2012
As we look back over the crazy political year that was 2012, and look over our shoulders just in that Mayan prediction about the end of the world is true, here are a few things to consider about what we …
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