On December 31st I took my children to a daytime New Year's Eve celebration at a local museum. There were crafts, snacks, and a balloon drop from the roof of the building each hour. At 1:00 in the afternoon all the kids gathered on the museum lawn and looked...

Dear President Bush,

On Saturday, February 4th, 2006, thousands will gather outside of the White House, coming to tell you that the world cannot wait, that we do not accept either your assessment of the state of the union, or your plans for controlling our destiny through your conception of...

On September 11, 2001, I went shopping.

I didn't pull close to loved ones, I didn't strive to understand, to educate, to do anything other than watch the twin towers burn, then get in the car and drive out to the suburbs to buy baby clothes.

I was hugely pregnant,...