Snowpocalypse Part Deux? Snowpocalypse the Squeakuel?

It started out, as it did in December, as such a pretty snow. It really wasn’t so bad Until it got dark And it just hasn’t stopped Snow cake, anyone? Of course, we’re all tweeting about it!  #snOMG

Ed Rendell, John Edwards, Barack Obama & Lilly Ledbetter

No, I don’t have a bad joke that includes them walking into a bar or being on a life raft.  But I do have a few random political thoughts about each of them today.  Hey, I can share here just…

Thankful

Not “America’s Next Great Pundit” — Yet!

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that I didn’t make the cut for finalists in the Washington Post’s “Next Great Pundit” contest. I’m not quite sure why the Washington Post is doing such a thing. Last time…

PunditMom Monday Reading

For your morning reading pleasure! This 0p-ed by former Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Joanne Lipman. She has some interesting thoughts on the Shriver Report and it’s relationshipto 9/11. And while I won’t be reading Going Rogue,…

Do You Blog for “the Man?”

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to be on a panel at the Women, Action & the Media conference with my good friend Veronica Arreola from Viva la Feminista and Diane Farsetta from the Center for…

More Good Reasons Health Care Has to Change

Why are women really being treated like second-class citizens in the world of health care and insurance? I don’t hear the women Senators and Representatives calling for an end to coverage for male-only maladies.  There is a serious lack…

Why Did it Take Three Decades to Arrest Roman Polanski?

It’s been a while since director Roman Polanski was a major topic of conversation.  Whenever he has a project — especially when he won the Best Director Oscar for the movie The Pianist — there’s a lot of…

“Me” Time? What’s That?

Recently, I was asked to contemplate the following — what is it like to have “me time” back now that the school year has started?  What will I do with it?  Exercise?  Jump for joy? Where is it and…

Tweet Progress — Yes, Progressive Activists Can!

My friend and future “partner in crime” Tracy Viselli is one of the great people behind a new effort online called Tweet Progress.  If you think Twitter is just a little diversion, think again — things are changing!  Here’s Tracy’s…

Best of PunditMom — “Mommy” Bloggers in the Wall Street Journal’s Face

A while back, The Wall Street Journal ran an article about the famed dooce entitled, The Blogger Mom, In Your Face. Sue Shellenbarger, who writes about work and family for the WSJ, wrote: “Mommy blogs in general…

Going off the Grid

Sometimes a girl’s got to do what a girl’s got to do! In the meantime, enjoy some Mothers of Intention and “Best of” PunditMom this week!