President Obama: “The…. true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated….The panel urges you most strongly to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and other toxins from our food, water, and air that needlessly increase health care costs, cripple our Nation’s productivity, and devastate American lives.“ Some strong words [...]
…..Maybe it’s something about the New York Times as the voice of authority that pushes women’s buttons…… 40 years ago, I showed up to register on my first day at Yale—to find the campus swarming with reporters. Immediately, I was approached by a reporter from the New York Times — and I won’t ever forget [...]
What else can you possible call it? With respect to Theodore Dreiser, no fiction writer could dream up this mess. It would be a great story, if only it weren’t real. I didn’t intend to write about it…but I also didn’t think John Edwards could sink any lower than he already had. I love words [...]
I was planning to write about something else. Shopping, actually. But I just watched the President speak about Afghanistan. And now I can’t think about shopping or anything else. Not tonight. But here’s the truth: tomorrow I’ll wake up and probably I’ll be able to think, or write about shopping. Afghanistan will slowly [...]
As promised yesterday, I’m already writing more about books: a book that hasn’t even been published yet. When it comes out next year, The Watchman’s Rattle —and author Rebecca Costa—-will be important and influential——-in the worlds of publishing, business, politics, science. And the story behind the book is as amazing as the book itself. I [...]
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“Maybe Shane is safer in Iraq.” I actually said those words (referring to my son-in-law), when I first heard about the shootings at Fort Hood. “Safer in Iraq?” How bizarre. And how ironic—to read blogs and hear from Shane— that our soldiers at war are more worried for their families at home. It’s heartbreaking that [...]
Empower— for some reason I’ve never liked that word. It also happens to be the key word in the mission of Maria Shriver’s annual Women’s Conference, that I attended this week in Long Beach: We Empower Women to be Architects of Change. I say this with due respect—-and new respect—for what California’s First Lady accomplished [...]
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What a life. What stories. Who could have imagined how the adored baby of the family would turn into a real life Teddy bear— who would bear so much—-in whose warm embrace the whole family felt safe and secure. And yet….how many times must Teddy have thought to himself—I never signed up for this….So it [...]
You have to hand it to her: she’s one of the few personalities who could have moved the mountain of media coverage away from Michael Jackson. Even on one of the slowest news days of the year. Love her or hate her, everyone watches her and listens and then talks about her. I find it fascinating that she’s so [...]
Twitter is gobbling up eyeballs as fast as newspapers are losing them. Everyone from Facebook to Google supposedly wants to buy it; the Kutcher/King feud made headlines; even the State Department treats Twitter with respect. Although people question whether Twitter is earning any money, it’s earned its legitimacy. What’s going on in Iran represents a sea change in the [...]
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