NEW YORK: Being a mid-thirties school girl has its advantages -- like being forced to ponder things that are normally off my radar. In my American Studies class today, guest lecturer Steve Fraser, author of Wall Street: America's Dream Palace was invited to give us a crash course in...

WOODY CREEK, Colo - This early Christmas morning in the Rocky Mountains, a herd of elk was making its way through the field of snow, back up to the high country. If you've ever heard the mewing of elk, especially if they happen to be in your yard, it is...

MANHATTAN - Landing at La Guardia last night after Thanksgiving at home in the Rockies, was as tense a scene I've witnessed in the 3 years studying in the city. The taxi line was out of control as the supervisor nearly came to blows with a father who refused to...

Dear John McCain,

This is a sincere Thank You note for being the man to put my heart, soul, time and money back into politics.

My beloved late husband, Hunter S. Thompson, gave me the political bug years ago. And to honor his spirit, I was asked to blog for...

PHILADELPHIA -- As the economy was tanking, it was good to get away from New York, spending Saturday with Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram's Yoga College of India. I was not expecting a quiet "ommmm" incense filled seminar. No. Being familiar with the method, I was ready for his...

ASPEN, Colo. -- It was a Sunshiny day indeed at the Aspen Institute with Senator John McCain supporters crawling out of their hummers and Range Rovers to hear his speech and fundraising quotes. I live in Woody Creek, so I've been coming to Institute speeches for years.

I've said...

ASPEN -- My late husband, Hunter S. Thompson, said that he was a teenage girl trapped in the body of an elderly dope fiend. I realized something as I watched the highest ranking monk of Tibetan Buddhism: His Holiness is a teenage girl trapped in the body of a Dalai...