No Cyberbullying — Yet

My fourth-grade daughter was very excited when I finally allowed her to have her own E-mail address.  A few of her school friends had them, and they started E-mailing each other after school which she really enjoyed.  It was about…

Why Helen Thomas and Not Rush Limbaugh?

I’ve been a longtime fan of veteran journalist Helen Thomas, especially since she was the first woman to be allowed into the White House press corps.  She helped forge the way for later women journalists like myself, she’s written some…

Thanks Amy Poehler, I Feel Smarter Already!

I’ve come to the conclusion that former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler is on a stealth mission to use humor to promote girl empowerment. First, she created this cartoon called The Mighty B! Now, she brings us…

Ready or Not, Here We Come!

At the Summer Palace in Beijing, there is a tourist attraction called The Long Corridor. It doesn’t seem so long at first, but it’s a hefty little stroll along Kunming Lake.  The paintings almost bring the ancient royal families…

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…