Some families pass down stuffing recipes in keeping with celebrating Thanksgiving. Mine passed down tales of turkey disasters. I don't know how many are true, but my favorite one comes ... Read More

Here in the US, we smile approvingly at the soon-to-be President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, a power couple who seem well-suited to each other. But imagine if ... Read More

In this election year of many firsts, we've got another: Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-California) is pregnant, making her the first unwed mother in the US Congress. How significant is this? You'll ... Read More

Now that snow's on the ground in many parts of the country, it's time to get your furs out of storage. What? You say you don't own a mink or ... Read More

So Tom Daschle's going to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services. We all know the HHS has been under fire by the Bush administration, with ongoing attempts ... Read More

Have you started your holiday baking yet? Maybe you should read this only if you haven't...because this may make you hurl your cookies. Apparently there's a new cookie cutter to add ... Read More

To be, or not to be. That is the question facing Senator Hillary Clinton as she considers accepting President-elect Barack Obama's invitation to be Secretary of State, or staying put ... Read More

What's up with teen girls and Twilight? Even if you haven't read the book by Stephenie Meyer (and I haven't), the hooks are evident. A plain and awkward girl, Bella ... Read More

She's sixteen years old and tiny by American standards, but Eri Yoshida throws a good enough knuckleball to strike out male batters. Because of that, the Japanese high school student ... Read More

Talk about dropping the ball...or the bag. There are no do-overs in space for shuttle astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, whose small mishap during a routine spacewalk outside the International Space Station ... Read More

Women who grow up with a family history of breast cancer say that knowledge is like "a dark cloud hanging overhead" or "a time bomb ticking." Now studies indicate their ... Read More

What's wrong with carrying your baby in a sling, carrier, wrap, backpack, frontpack, or other 'baby-wearing' device? Manufacturers of the pain reliever Motrin would have you believe it causes backache, ... Read More

What's more important to voters, competence or attractiveness in a candidate? In this latest election go-round, we seem to have gotten a clear-cut answer. But a study recently released by ... Read More

Thomas Beatie, better known as the Pregnant Man, caught Barbara Walters off-guard when he announced he was pregnant for the second time during an interview that aired on ABC's 20/20 ... Read More

What's the price of education for girls in Afghanistan? Being doused with acid by men who don't want them to learn. The New York Times reports that fifteen girls and ... Read More

She met with her former opponent in Chicago yesterday, and now the buzz is that Senator Hillary Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama spoke at length about her taking on the ... Read More

Former Harvard President Larry Summers, who left as Secretary of the Treasury under the Bill Clinton administration to head up the prestigious university, may no longer be under consideration by ... Read More

Though the election's over, the excitement continues at Saturday Night Live as two new members join the cast - both women. One is the daughter of a former SNL cast ... Read More

In a couple of weeks many of us will be flying for the Thanksgiving holiday, so this tale - shared by a friend - seemed very timely. What happens when a ... Read More

Remember Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard who said that innate differences between men and women could be one of the reasons why women succeed far less than men ... Read More

She said it back in January, and she's reminding us that it's no different now that her husband has been elected. Michelle Obama is a mom first, and will focus on ... Read More

You know that TV credit card commercial with the tagline, "What's in your wallet?" Women who enjoy their privacy should be asking themselves a similar question when it comes to ... Read More

In her post "Brief Election Recap: President, Senate, Governors and Initiatives," my colleague Kathy Gill of US Politics looks at how voters in several states responded to initiatives covering two ... Read More

Why would a small Japanese fishing village care so much about Barack Obama's historic victory last night? It's all in the name. Obama means "little beach" in Japanese, and in Obama, ... Read More

Family Bibles used to bear witness to the cycles of a woman's life with notations on weddings, births, and divorces. Today, on Election Day, poll books and polling places serve ... Read More

When Barack Obama stepped away from his campaign in late October to visit his seriously ill grandmother in Hawaii, I read everything I could about the woman who was largely ... Read More

Talk about the neighborhood witch. On Halloween, this woman asked small children trick-or-treating at her door who they'd vote for. If they said "Obama" she refused to give them candy ... Read More

On the battleground of women's rights and women's issues, the field is littered with casualties as Hillary Clinton supporters look warily at Sarah Palin voters across a contentious divide on ... Read More

The world watches intently as the United States elects a president. It's not just idle curiosity. Our nation's foreign policies have enormous impact internationally. There's constant reference made to each candidate's experience ... Read More

If justice is reputedly blind, why can't democracy operate the same way? Suppose we could view this election cycle through another lens - sans sight. Can you imagine how the 2008 ... Read More