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Am I Angrier at Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party?

Sunday, January 17, 2010

I feel that I should write something thoughtful and analytical about the state of race in Massachusetts to fill the Senate seat of the late Ted Kennedy. But I’m too angry. Massachusetts Democrats blew a 30 percent lead to…

#Moms4Haiti on Twitter

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Everyone has been tweeting about the devastation in Haiti following the earthquake earlier this week. Actually, the devastation isn’t done since aftershocks are still occurring. Lots of people are trying to help, but the roads are in horrible shape and…

Harold Ford vs. Kirsten Gillibrand — Who’s the Real Bully?

Monday, January 11, 2010

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I’ve had some interesting comments in E-mail discussions, Facebook posts, Twitter and other places about my last post on the attempts being made by former Congressman Harold Ford and his cadre of wealthy backers to push Kirsten Gillibrand…

Emerging Political Girls

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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You may have noticed that I’m not writing her quite as much as I usually do. I’m trying to keep my nose to the grindstone on my Mothers of Intention book project and make some headway before the holidays (

Mothers of Intention — I’m Just Not That Into Politics, by No Time for Flashcards

Monday, November 9, 2009

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I met some fabulous women at the Type-A Mom conference in September. Some were women I had admired in the blogosphere and met for the first time in real life, and others had blogs I hadn’t yet discovered,…

Maria Shriver Says It’s a Woman’s Nation. Do You?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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California First Lady Maria Shriver says we’re now living in a Woman’s Nation — women make up half the work force, the majority of mothers are the main breadwinners or co-breadwinners of their families and women are in charge…

Speak Out for Laura Ling & Euna Lee

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the North Korean government would use non-military Americans as political bargaining chips. “Convicting” Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee of illegally crossing into North Korea and sentencing them to 12 years…

Mothers of Intention — More Magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour on Global Poverty

Monday, June 1, 2009

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Mother’s of Intention! Instead of having a guest post, my guest Mother of Intention is someone I interviewed recently about the fight against global poverty. So many of us are trying to find ways…

We Still Have Political Opinions, Even After the Election!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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Why did it take the nomination of Sarah Palin to be John McCain’s running mate to get the mainstream media talking to women bloggers about politics? On the heels of McCain choosing the Alaska governor, networks were scrambling to talk…

Global Women’s Issues May Finally Get Some Attention

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Lilly Ledbetter. Coverage of pregnant women under SCHIP. And now, the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women’s Issues. Women’s profiles are rising, finally, now that we are in a Barack…

Who Better to Help Women at the Department of Labor Than NOW President Kim Gandy?

Sunday, February 8, 2009

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Victories are beginning to add up for American women. President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He’s signed a law expanding health care benefits for women and children under SCHIP. And now, there’s a chance that…

At This Rate, Soon We’ll All Be Tracy Flick

Friday, January 30, 2009

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Remember Tracy Flick from the movie Election? The over-achieving, uber-ambitious, won’t-let-anything-get-in-my-way gal running for class President? If she didn’t before this week, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is now very familiar with Tracy, who some are saying is Gillibrand’s…