As I’m getting getting ready for my Mom 2.0 panel today, I wanted to leave you with some good reading for the weekend. What better way than to recommend a few Mothers of Intention?! One of my favorite…
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
As I ponder stories about Elizabeth Warren, the head of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, as well as the almost simultaneous creation and tearing down of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, I was reminded of this…
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 19, 2009
There’s been plenty written about the banks, mortgages, Tim Geithner, AIG and other esoteric aspects of why our world economy is in the tank. So you might be a little recession-fatigued when it comes to news coverage. But bear with…
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
I know you might be wondering what glue I’ve been sniffing to wonder aloud about what our economic recovery could look like if “women’s work” was valued in the way men’s always has been. I don’t mean the stereotypical…
Continue reading...Friday, March 20, 2009
Ruth Madoff and I have something in common. No, Mr. PunditMom hasn’t been running his own multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme and I can guarantee you we don’t have a chateau in France or a getaway home in Florida. But I…
Continue reading...Sunday, March 15, 2009
I don’t practice law anymore, but after having contract law in my head for over 15 years, there are still a few tidbits bouncing around in there. Maybe I’d be better off if that wasn’t the case, because then this…
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
OK, I’m too sick to put together the rest of the analogy, but even when I’m feeling all head-achey and chilled, actually lying on the sofa with the afghan keeping me as warm as possible, it’s hard to let go…
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
This picture of John Boehner and Eric Cantor during President Obama’s speech to Congress really sums it up about the GOP — sour pickle man and his note taker plotting the demise of economic recovery. Seriously, why is it impossible…
Continue reading...Sunday, January 25, 2009
Does the Constitution need another amendment? Russ Feingold thinks so. Maybe you do too, if you live in New York or Illinois. Lots of people, including myself, wondered if Caroline Kennedy had the experience to be New York Senator.…
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Lots of good stuff this morning! Sarah Palin is getting testier in an interview with Esquire magazine about those of us she calls “bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie.” Just when you thought you were out, she pulls you…
Continue reading...Monday, December 15, 2008
Two months ago, I was wondering here and at The Huffington Post what would have happened if a really smart woman on the economic and securities front had been listened to and hadn’t been railroaded by “the guys.” Today,…
Continue reading...Friday, December 12, 2008
Up until the last couple of days, I was sure that the economy and its sad, sad shape occupied the top spot on Barack Obama’s worry list as President-elect. That pesky Illinois Governor seems to have knocked Obama off-message…
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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