It's been a while since director Roman Polanski was a major topic of conversation. Whenever he has a project -- especially when he won the Best Director Oscar for the movie The Pianist -- there's a lot of discussion about why authorities have never been able to bring him back to the U.S. to face [...]
Well, the Fourth of July fireworks are over and summer is in full swing! So it's time for this year's Mothers of Intention summer reading list! While we often think about something a little lighter for those days by the pool or at the beach, here are a few suggestions I'd like to make to [...]
As we're coming up on the long holiday weekend, the PunditMom family is heading out to sunny California to visit family. While we're away, I thought it would be fun to revisit a couple of posts from the heat of the presidential campaign last year.Remember when Paris Hilton decided to run for president? I still [...]
I've been waiting for this trip for a long time. We've been informally planning it since PunditGirl was a baby and now the wheels are in motion. More importantly, the airline tickets have been obtained with the frequent flier miles we've been hoarding since we stepped off the plane with our PunditBaby in January 2001. [...]
Sorry I didn't have a chance to write about the health care stuff I had planned for today. Between errands and getting an exciting last minute call from CNN with Rick Sanchez to talk about Jenny Sanford (!), with Rick Sanchez I ran out of time.But if you'd like something to read, I have a [...]
Last year at this time, I got all riled up about an article in Vanity Fair and its cover article on Angelina Jolie. As PunditGirl continues to work through the questions in her curious little head about the permanence of adoption and the questions that people sometimes ask her about our family, I was reminded [...]
Personally, I couldn't care less about the personal "antics" of so many politicians these days. It's not really important to my life how people like South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford characterizes "adventure travel."What does bother me a lot, though, is the money shot we so often see of the wives of philandering politicians -- standing [...]
I was all set to write about the health care hearings that are happening on Capitol Hill today, and I promise I will get to that soon.But today I really need to talk about the deadly crash of two Metro cars on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. and the outpouring of concern and caring [...]
I'm not the only one who thinks that David Letterman owes us all an apology. But it seems like there are only a few of us.It's probably no secret to some of you that one of my hot button topics lately has been the free ride the media often get when sexism tries to disguise [...]
No, not on a round the world jaunt a la Matt Lauer!I'm hanging out over at my friend Linda Lowen's place -- About.com on Women's Issues -- where we are pondering the White House Council on Women & Girls and whether it's going to do us any good.What do you think -- will this task [...]
As mom to nine-year-old PunditGirl, my mind is generally focused on what's going on with the world of pre-teens. Rarely do my thoughts turn to how I'll feel when she decides it might be time for her to have a family. At the moment, I'm happily in denial about having to face the prospect that [...]
Awfully hard to tell from that look. But I have a feeling it will be fun, no matter what!Think she'll have some pundit things to say? Maybe not, but if the hat is any clue, at least I'm in for some tasty cookies!Photo by PunditMom
I've been rolling the idea of Caroline Kennedy as a New York Senator around in my head going back and forth between, "Why not?" and "Why her?"Other than the fact that her last name is Kennedy (well, actually it's Schlossberg), why would she be a good senator?On the qualification thing, that's always subjective. She has [...]
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, I saw this at The Daily Beast .... Hmmm. Seem familiar??Even though I worked at the [...]
Ladies, the marketing world knows that many of us start to fret about putting on a few pounds over the holidays. Even if I think about it in my head, I bite my tongue so that soon-to-be nine-year-old PunditGirl doesn't get it into her brain, already full of worries, that if mommy is concerned about [...]
Looking for me? I'm over at MOMocrats today with some thoughts on the Big Three automakers.Can you say 'stupid and shortsighted?'Yeah, I said it -- stupidity and shortsightedness. What else can you say about companies who have put their collective heads in the sand and ignored the demand of consumers for smaller, more fuel efficient [...]
No, I did not suffer a severe head injury or have a GOP epiphany since yesterday. My progressive bona fides are very much intact, thanks (I am the Goddess of All Things Liberal, after all!).But as I was thinking about all the appearances Sarah Palin has had in the media since the Republicans' defeat last [...]
I suppose it's only natural that people try to revise the part of their histories that doesn't fit with their self view. So I guess Sarah Palin is no exception. But it's important to be careful how far one goes with reinvention or revisionism, 'cause ya' know -- these tapes are going to be around [...]
The Obamas were pretty successful through the presidential campaign keeping one kind of criticism at bay-- whether Michelle was home enough as a mom and who was caring for the kids. The few times that Sasha and Malia Obama were permitted to be on the public stage, they presented like lovely, well-adjusted little girls.But criticizing [...]
Two years ago, I wasn't sure that Hillary Clinton would be elected the first woman President of the United States in 2008. Turns out my sense about the common wisdom at the time was right. But now, I'm wondering what slot in the new Barack Obama administration is available for the woman I WAS thinking [...]
Because I need some right about now.Photo by PunditMom.
T minus seven days to go until the election of the century. You'd think I'd be all riled up with plenty of pundity goodness, but I feel strangely empty when it comes to my inner wonk.There's plenty on my mind -- voter suppression, voting machine reliability, the difference in early voting vs. what those yet [...]
A year ago, many moms were blogging in support of the MOTHERS Act in Congress, a bill to fund more mental health care for mothers related to postpartum deprsssion. I know we're all focused on our budgets, the election and, if you're me, wondering why if the price of oil is down to about $60 [...]
A year ago, many moms were blogging in support of the MOTHERS Act in Congress, a bill to fund more mental health care for mothers related to postpartum deprsssion. I know we're all focused on our budgets, the election and, if you're me, wondering why if the price of oil is down to about $60 [...]
Well, I don't really know Sarah Palin personally, although, I have been to Alaska twice.But over the course of my life, I've met plenty of Sarah Palins. I bet you have, too.When I see Palin, I see the flirty high school cheerleader who had no interest in publishing or photography, but was compelled to beat [...]
Well, I don't really know Sarah Palin personally, although, I have been to Alaska twice.But over the course of my life, I've met plenty of Sarah Palins. I bet you have, too.When I see Palin, I see the flirty high school cheerleader who had no interest in publishing or photography, but was compelled to beat [...]
I was chatting with a news reporter from another country who lives in our general neighborhood yesterday about the the Sarah Palin phenomenon -- why she's getting so much coverage, can you compare her to Hillary Clinton, (NO!) and whether working moms would support Palin.We were heading off to pick up children when she casually [...]
