"We are all French" and "Vive La France" - that was part of the mantra at the White House during this extraordinary week. Millions of people around the world were saddened and angered by the ISIS attack in Paris, as we were 10 months earlier, during the killings at Charlie...

I have had a fantastic, exciting, and fulfilling life, and I hope it can continue. But at the age of 71 I now have something the doctors call Parkinson's Plus. They haven't figured out what the "plus" is, but I have always done everything in a big way.

The...

This year's third Awards dinner honored four people for their remarkable work in films.

The emotional tribute was to the real heroes of the film Argo - Tony Mendez and his wife, Jonna, as well as Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Sadly, the Ambassador had planned to attend the award ceremony,...

From Connie Lawn and Charles Sneiderman

Long live the great friendship between Australia and the United States! That friendship was celebrated again, when the military staff of the Australian Embassy in Washington organized a Friday night buffet dinner and entertainment for wounded US service members, most of whom came in...

So Vladimir Putin checks in at the Ukraine. A guard asks his name and he gives it. Then Putin is asked "occupation?" No Putin says, "just a visit." The Capitol Steps have tons of jokes like this - some vocally and most sung beautifully in well known tunes. The audience...

The rare East Room news conference was about a crucial topic -- the Iran nuclear deal and efforts to prevent a nuclear weapons build up in the Mideast. But this was not a news conference in the traditional sense; it was rigid and managed -- the way this administration likes...

Book of Mormon returns to Kennedy Center

By Connie Lawn, June 20, 2015

I will never look at Mormon missionaries the same way, the next time they come to my door. I know they are not like the ones in the Tony award winning show. In some ways, that...

I believe passionately that everyone should write a book or an account of their life. It is their legacy, and is important to their family and loved ones. Everyone has a story to tell! In this digital age, it is possible to write and to self-publish through any of the...

There may be a women's history museum on the Washington Mall, if some powerful and generous people have their way. But Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney told me recently, the timing and location have yet to be determined. In the meantime, preparations, lobbying, and fundraising go on with intensity.

One recent fundraising...

This is the week of the White House Correspondents Dinner, which honors the president, the press corps, and thousands of hangers on. But President Obama has already rained on his own parade and demonstrated the real seriousness of leadership. At 10 in the morning on Thursday, President Obama made a...

The Hospice Movement exists to help people in their last stages of life. People in the Hospice Movement are caring and self-sacrificing. Who knew they could also have a sense of fun?

A rollicking fundraising party was held at the French Embassy on Saturday night, April 11th. The theme was...

A premier of a very unusual documentary was held on April 9 at the E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C. It is called "Nerd Prom-the Movie" and is a detailed documentary of the behind-the-scenes hoopla surrounding the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, which has now grown to a week of...

Great men and women still exist in journalism, but many of the greatest generation are dying out. An example of this was a memorial service held on March 21, 2015 for the great CBS newsman Richard C. Hottelet. He was the last of the Murrow Boys -- chosen and trained...

Did you know President Obama has a grandmother living in Kenya? In honor of UN's International Woman's Day, GB Group Global presented leadership awards to extraordinary global women. The first award went to Mama Sarah Obama. A poignant film was shown about the work of the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation...

Co-authored with Charles Sneiderman

At a press conference at the National Press Club on February 27, 2015, representatives of the American Committee for Tyre appealed for urgent protection of the archeological sites, historical treasures, and works of art in this city, a UNESCO World Heritage site in modern day Lebanon....

By Connie Lawn and Charles Sneiderman

The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center for Justice and Human Rights and the Worldwide Coalition to Stop Genocide in North Korea hosted a discussion in Washington D.C. on Friday, February 13, 2015, with three North Koreans former political prisoners who have become activists....

This post was co-authored with Charles Sneiderman.

This is the 11th annual Wounded Warrior Weekend at Wintergreen, Virginia. My husband Charles and I have attended many of them over the years at this and numerous other resorts. The skiers, snowboarders, and instructors keep getting better and stronger. Many of the...

Middle East Turmoil, January 22, 2015
By Connie Lawn

There is always turmoil in the Mid East but at this time three major developments have broken at the same time. In Saudi Arabia 91-year-old King Abdullah has died. He was a strict adherent of Sharia law, but had also...

The leaders of Israel and Iran have tense relations and they are likely to be exacerbated in the wake of a move by House Speaker John Boehner. He invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Washington and address a Joint Session of Congress on February the 11th. The issues...

The East Room News Conference between the leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom was one of the most important and somber I have attended in over 47 years of reporting. It dramatized the major threats facing the world in this era of fanatical terrorism. President Obama and...