Half listening to the Sunday talk show clap trap, I thought I misheard Hillary Clinton when she said she had not yet met Sarah Palin, but wouldn't mind chatting with her over a cup of coffee. I couldn't believe these two pivotal political women weren’t personally acquainted, but then...

Post Election Analysis:

The day after the election, my Dad was mad. He said, "You know who lost the election for Mayor? Obama!" he said not waiting for an answer. I was worried that senility had come for my Dad in the night. Barack Obama...

When milk prices soared I took it in stride since I've never been a milk drinker. In kindergarten I told my teacher I was allergic to it so I could have apple juice instead. This allergy was news to my parents as there was no medical evidence to substantiate my...

The numbers are in and unemployment in Iran is up by one. According to the BBC, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unceremoniously fired his Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie. Getting kicked to the professional curb is painful, especially when it's sudden. But were there subtle signs Mr. Ejeie missed? Were...

Blame it on the Henny?

What did she know? When did she know it? The CIA said they told her. She says they didn't and suddenly it's the worst week ever for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Watching high level political and security leaders play a national game of He Said,...

So here we are again: a man walked into a college bookstore in Middletown, Connecticut, and shot a woman in the face. According to early news reports he was her boyfriend. This tragedy raises the issues of more and better gun control, access to quality mental healthcare, and mandatory couples...

Cops caught the Craig's List Killer last week and I can't help but feel sorry for his fiancee. I doubt she saw this coming. I'm sure "serial killer" wasn't included in his Facebook profile. Sadly, even if it was, she might have chosen to overlook it thinking she could change...

Are the rumors true? Are Chris Brown and Rihanna back together after he so brutally assaulted her? I hope not but they are both rich, famous adults who can do what they want. All the rest of us in the Greek Chorus get to do is nit pick over the...

Financial Boogie Man Bernard Madoff has at last pled guilty. This is of little comfort to the thousands he's bilked out of billions, but it'll have to do for now. Bernie could get as much as 150 years behind bars, but jail is too good for him. Actions as diabolical...

President Obama announced on Friday that he is ordering the immediate draw down of the 142,000 troops in Iraq, officially ending the war on August 31, 2010. Antiwar activists are displeased that this plan will take three months longer than promised on the campaign trail and will leave behind a...

His chief of staff quit on Friday. President Obama supports an investigation. The Congressional Budget Office called Kinkos and put Senator Roland Burris' new business cards on hold. The much beleaguered Senator is catching a major case of the beltway brush off.

He is being asked to resign for...

Okay, I was tired of people telling me what's in The Stimulus Package so I decided to read it for myself. I'm an intelligent woman, a college graduate with a degree in English. How hard could it be?

In the age of serious scholarly research I went to Google and...

I've been so caught up the inaugural hoopla, I almost completely forgot that I hate politics. In the seventh grade, we set up my school's first student council. Being a shoe-in for valedictorian I naturally planned to run for president, until I found out that my best friend, Jennifer, was...