Deborah, I cried constantly from the first time I heard the news through Obama's speech Wednesday night. And I'm tearing up again reading your post. What this terrible tragedy has made me realize is that I can afford to cry over the shooting of Rep....

Kamy, thank you for your fearlessness in covering this incident and for remaining gracious yet persistent in trying to ferret out the backstory. Since the answers were not forthcoming and LeShay's responses do little to correct the "misinformation"...

My daughters grew up knowing that 'Mom' had a media platform far beyond most of their friends' moms. At first it was a weekly radio show, then a weekly TV show (both regional, both on public broadcasting, so I certainly wasn't a household name.) And...

Congratulations, Pam -- you've earned it. You probably don't remember, but we go way back -- 15 years ago, you interviewed me for a Sesame Street Magazine article about women juggling parenthood. I was the mom who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer...

I've begun to wonder if the whole concept of 'books sell better with girls' faces on the cover' is a scary parallel to the advertising industry, which continues to sow dissatisfaction in the hearts and minds of women so we will buy our way toward a...