“Are Republicans Better Informed Than Democrats?” This is the heading from The Week.com that caught my attention because it implies that they are, and there’s no way in [our country's current political] hell that I will accept that. But, regardless of my personal feelings,...

The Vatican has ruled that it’s had enough with American nuns after finalizing an investigation that began in 2008.  In a nutshell, the investigation has concluded that American nuns are radical feminists too concerned with poverty and economic injustice and not pro-life or anti-gay...

The Secret Service scandal dealing with 11 agents hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia—before President Obama’s arrival there for the Summit of The Americas on April 14th—seems like an overused spy-movie plot. You know, the hot girl showing half her boobs is sent to seduce a...

Let’s get to the point quickly, Hilary Rosen SHOULD NOT have said that Ann Romney “had never worked a day in her life.”  It was a poor choice of words. Rosen herself realized this and apologized the next day.  But let’s get a couple of things cleared up right away as...

I didn’t think it was possible for me to be angrier at the GOP than I’ve been in the past few months, seeing how they have been attacking women’s issues. But Mitt Romney’s statements that “the real war on women is being waged by the president’s failed economic...

It’s Monday, and I have nothing to write about.  The Republican primary is still going on but that’s old news (really old). This past weekend, a friend emailed me this puzzle. I tried to solve it for a while, but the more I tried to work out the answer, the harder it seemed.  I...

So, you’re pregnant with your first child.  Congratulations! Motherhood is truly the awesomest (my boys’ word) adventure you’ll ever have in your life.  You will love that child infinitely more than to infinity and beyond (Buzz Lightyear’s phrase).  He/she will make...

If men had to go through pregnancy and labor, there would be less wars in the world.   I have often jokingly said this to my friends while secretly wondering if this could be true. Let me start by saying that I am not a sexist. I do not go around bashing men and extolling the virtues of...

Tulisa Contostavlos,  the 23-year-old judge on the UK version of the X Factor, hit the headlines recently. Or rather part of her did. Along with part of her ex-boyfriend. A video consisting of six minutes of these parts of them…interacting…was recently released online and removed...