I wrote last week about meeting Hillary Clinton in October, and speaking with her about autism (the cause closest to my heart). Yesterday I had a chance, thanks to friends who were hosting another Northern California Democratic fundraiser, to meet Barack Obama. My goal for this event was exactly the...

I suppose I am a member of the demographic that the Clinton Campaign has identified as the "loyal mature women" supporters. This came as a surprise to me, this sudden turn toward Hillary Clinton as the best possible candidate for president -- first WOMAN President -- of the United States...

I have been drafted into an army that most of you have never heard anything about. If you are really lucky, you or one of your own daughters or granddaughters won't be drafted, too. The odds keep shifting against you, though.

I am one of the "Band of Mothers" fighting...