Wanted: one taser that works through the television.  If I had had my hands on such a thing last night while watching the Newshour on PBS, I would not have suffered such a migraine headache …

It has never been more critical for our country to regain its courage, its self-respect, and its desire to never lose heart. Life is long and we ain’t dead yet, right?

Some days it is all I can do to get through the news and the talk shows, even those with positive, grit-your-teeth, coupon-clip, saving-not-spending stories. But I’m trying to follow all the advice…

Action Aid wants 2876 people, one for every woman and girl who will contract HIV tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that, and every day until we put our foot down to stop it, to sign a petition in support of the campaign. The campaign ends on International Women’s Day on March 8.

Of course everyone was mellow at Woodstock–they were all high. Even for those who hadn’t taken any drugs, there was probably enough stuff they were breathing in the air.

The same was true in Washington. At the inauguration of Barack Obama, all you had to do was breathe the air–to be instantly intoxicated. Just like people were high at Woodstock–In Washington, people were high– on hope.

by msmeta of Adventures at Midlife

The Daily Beast, Tina Brown’s new excursion into tabloid online journalism, has an absolutely heart-wrenching collection of posts from women who have been slammed by the economic crisis. The last …

by Margaret Andrews, Nanny Goats in Panties

I was a freshman in high school when I passed out in class, my head bonking against a desk in the next aisle over. Rather than letting me lay …