I’ve already made it clear that I won’t be watching the Super Bowl and for the most part won’t watch any more CBS shows because of the Focus on the Family/Tim Tebow ad that is scheduled to run
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
The still-unseen, yet controversial Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad is on everyone’s mind, including mine. One friend said to me, “I can’t believe you haven’t written anything about it yet!” I’ve been wanting to, but to be honest I was…
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
I’m glad there are some other people weighing in on some topics on my mind: –My fellow MOMocrats and I are having a little Super Bowl Party Tailgate Party for Choice. – The Women’s Media Center is also thinking…
Continue reading...Sunday, January 10, 2010
When people get themselves all riled up when the term “reproductive rights” comes up, it’s usually only about abortion. What many of us forget is that having control of when women (and sometimes girls) have children and how many…
Continue reading...Friday, January 8, 2010
The political controversy of the week is whether former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford will try to stage a contest to battle Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat in the U.S. Senate. You may recall there was a little uproar over…
Continue reading...Monday, December 28, 2009
While the Punditfamily takes a little break this week, I thought I’d revisit a few posts I felt strongly about this year. To start off, my thoughts on the “octomom” and how we view adoption vs. birth children. *********************************…
Continue reading...Saturday, December 26, 2009
As someone who came of age in the 1970s, I assumed things would continue to progress for women’s rights. I felt lucky to be living in an age where I knew I had access to birth control as I headed…
Continue reading...Saturday, December 19, 2009
One good thing about this “snow event” on the I-95 corridor this weekend — legislators are stuck here and have to keep working away on the ever evolving health care bill (not that that’s going to do us a lot…
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 10, 2009
For years, we’ve had our eye on the Supreme Court, wondering with each new judicial appointment how that person would add to the mix on the longevity of reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. Who knew that some…
Continue reading...Friday, October 2, 2009
Senator Debbie Stabenow is on a roll for women’s health care. First, she took on Senator Jon Kyl about his proposal that maternity care shouldn’t be provided for in the health care reform package: Then, Senator Stabenow contested…
Continue reading...Monday, April 27, 2009
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mothers of Intention, PunditMom’s weekly feature on what other political moms are writing about around the blogosphere. This week, my friend Gloria Feldt has given me permission to cross-post her wonderful essay on…
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
I’m not trying to be a party pooper. Borrowing one of PunditGirl’s new favorite words — I’m “ecstatic” that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is going to get signed into law by President Barack Obama. It’s a wonderful…
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
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