If last weekend's experience getting the H1N1 shot was any indication of what we can expect from makeshift clinics, a government plan shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.

Sunday morning, I dragged the kidlets to an uptown clinic I'd found on

When it comes to the gender gap, the United States is in a bad spot. Girls and women make up one half of world's population, yet according to a report released today by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum we don't get treated very well. Out of 134 countries,...

How Could She?
As the terror of the deadly accident on the Taconic Parkway haunts us all, we wonder how Diane Schuler, the 36-year-old woman who drove on the wrong side of the road, had the audacity to get behind the wheel of her car in the first place....

Few issues enjoy as much bipartisan support as America's long-running "war on cancer," as President Nixon put it in 1971. But political rhetoric hasn't been reflected in congressional action. Funding for cancer research has remained flat since 2004 -- and has fallen significantly after adjusting for inflation, according to the...

The High Line, located on Manhattan's West Side, is the City's new urban oasis. Built on an abandoned train trestle that had become a trashed out urban eyesore, the unconventional green space, lush with wildflowers and happy urbanites, is an elevated park that won't...

The New York Doll Hospital on the east side of Lexington Avenue, between 61st and 62nd Streets, is no longer. As I walked by the second floor walk-up on the last Saturday in May, I was taken by the spooky scene of a truckload full of unwanted dolls, some whole,...

I was rejected from all girls' schools, twice. The first time was when my parents applied, on my behalf, to kindergarten and later, when I applied to college. Of course, there's no turning back. But having met a number of genuinely confident and accomplished women...

More than 100 people spanned the length of the block along Broadway between 66th and 67th Streets in New York City on Tuesday morning and waited in the frigid temperatures and light snow to buy a CD. Well, actually a two CD-set, Liza's at the Palace that features 18...

Simon Doonan, the world's number one window designer and Barney's New York creative director, spoke about Michelle Obama's inauguration day fashion decision to wear an ensemble designed by Isabel Toledo. On the day of the sparkly lemon color ensemble debut, Doonan came up with three impromptu window...

It's been 25 years since Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday was signed into law as a national holiday. A decade later, the holiday was transformed by Congress into "a national day of community service." This month the Presidential Inaugural committee "launched a national organizing effort on the eve...

If you've ever wanted to do some public service but couldn't fit it in with an already overloaded schedule of work, play and/or family obligations, our savvy President-elect is online to help.

The Presidential Inaugural committee "launched a national organizing effort on the eve of the Inauguration to engage Americans...

For the third year running, in partnership with YouTube, the organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland invites the public to participate by engaging in conversation and uploading videos. They've transformed "The Davos Question" into "The Davos Debates." The theme this year is "Shaping...

On Election Day, a classmate-colleague asked if I would help him document the intensity of the day. "Keep your eyes open for the "dark side" (shootings, riots, bomb threats, etc.) but STAY SAFE!" read the email outlining suggested themes that were of interest for his journalism school project.

I wandered...

"Ms. Palin frightens me both for my country and for my grandchildren."
-- Jane B., 73

In late August, Lyra Kilston, 31, and Quinn Latimer, 30, two not-very-political editors for Modern Painters magazine, found themselves suddenly immersed in the Presidential campaign. Enraged over the selection of Governor Sarah Palin...

Residents of Turtle Bay are used to seeing shiny black vehicles with diplomatic license plates but it is not every day one with 20 foot blades slips into a parking spot adjacent to the "Gateway to the United Nations," Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, on Second Avenue at 47th Street.

To mark...

Most kids will tell you that the Teen Choice Awards are not to be missed - presented annually by Fox Television Network to recognize the year's biggest achievements in music, movies and sports - imagine an award...

Among the holy hoi-polloi from Tibet who visited Aspen, Colo. for a three day "Celebration of Tibetan Culture," Friday's breakout session led by Sogyal Rinpoche, www.rigpa.org, touched my inner-being.

Speaking in the Lauder Room at the Koch Building on the lush green campus of The Aspen...

Positive thinking and a bit of luck got me to Aspen Thursday afternoon for a three-day Celebration of Tibetan Culture presented by the Aspen Institute in collaboration with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture. A dizzying number of scholars, (okay, maybe it's the altitude or more likely it's the...

For as long as he can remember, Cameron Sinclair liked to rebuild neighborhoods. Sinclair, the 34-year old altruist behind Architecture for Humanity (AFH), grew up in South London erecting toy communities with Legos. When he was nine, his family moved to New Jersey, but after a few years he...

Pretty isn't beautiful, Mother.

Pretty is what changes...

What the eye arranges

is what is beautiful! - Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George

Pretty Is What Changes is Jessica Queller's compelling memoir about self-image, self-discovery and most importantly, self-preservation. Devastated by the loss...