Remembering 9/11:  The Bad…And The Good I remember September 11 as if it were yesterday.  I remember turning on my computer and seeing a tall building with some smoke coming out of it.   The photo was small, and I didn’t recognize the building.  Having not yet had my morning...

I’ve just received an email from Jeremy Bird, National Field Director for Obama for America.  The title of the email is:  Introducing the Obama 2012 bumper sticker. I don’t know if it’s that introductory word “introducing”— that in the real world is usually...

Doing research for Woman Power: The Femaleverse Strikes Back, I stumbled upon a table of  Voting Choices In Presidential Elections (1980-2008) from the Center For The American Woman And Politics (CAWP).   Among other data, the table shows the gender gap in voting which...

“WE’RE MAD AS HELL, AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE” I hear this cry growing from the depth of our collective female gut—a cry that will evolve into the biggest political movement this country has ever seen.  We’ve had enough with those who would keep...

The Dirty Game Of Politics Watching the GOP presidential nomination process in all its freak-show glory has reminded me of of the ugly side of politics today:  the indecent amounts of money that are spent in political campaigns, the lies and distortions that are now propagated by Super Pacs...

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out Newt Gingrich’s latest negative ad against Mitt Romney, click here:  The French Connection. But before you watch it, let me forewarn you that the most negative thing about this ad is its stupidity, as in: “…Massachusetts...

It seems that it’s now Rick Santorum’s turn for 15 minutes of fame, in the Republican limelight, due to his very strong second-place finish in the Iowa caucus . The good news about Rick Santorum’s performance is that it got Michele Bachmann to drop out of the race (too bad it...

Ashton Kutcher was, according to Demi Moore, her soul mate. Really? How, then, is it that they are now separated and facing an impending divorce? How can your soul mate stop being your mate? And if your soul loses its mate, are you doomed to a mateless life? Can we have more than one soul mate...

Sharon Bialek’s ex-boyfriend, Dr. Victor Zuckerman, has corroborated her story that Herman Cain groped her sexually in Washington in 1997.   In a press conference, Dr. Zuckerman revealed that Ms. Bialek had told him about the incident back in 1997 after returning from her...

Rick Perry Forgets His Own “Plan Of Attack” A lot has been made of the fact that, during the last Republican debate on November 9th,  presidential candidate Rick Perry could not remember the third federal agency he would close down were he to become the next President of the...