Sybil Adelman Sage

"My son has a paid internship this summer," is the new, "My son was made partner," causing moms of unpaid interns to question if they should have continued to breastfeed for another few months, years or decades. Mothering is open to interpretation. While I wouldn't let my son out the...

Though I made as many phone calls as was humanly possible during the last presidential campaign, my name seems to have been omitted from the guest list for the event at George Clooney's. I know this will be discovered and be truly embarrassing to the Obama campaign. Okay, it doesn't...

Each morning, even before I've had coffee, I'm confronted with offers of flirty aprons and kitchen gloves at a savings of $15, learning how to navigate the Hudson River in a kayak for only $89 (as opposed to the $175 being paid by those foolish enough not to subscribe to...

I was 19 when I was offered a summer internship at the White House. Almost immediately, I got a call from Dave Powers. Dave was known as "the first friend" and had the president's ear. His other parts, I would later tease, were public domain. Dave asked if I'd like...

While the French are raising happy, well-behaved children without all the anxiety, New Jersey moms have a secret of their own.

When my son was 18 months old, my husband and I, to teach him the value of a dollar, took him to a Paramus mall, where we picked through...

Some time between the daily morning temperature-taking and my 48 hours of labor, I vowed to myself that I would not do the things my mother had done that had caused me to cringe, starting with, "I won't speak with a Russian accent." This wouldn't require much effort since I...

Mattel, who's been manufacturing thin, shapely, obviously carb-free, Barbie for over 50 years, was recently approached by two girls who'd had cancer, urging the company to introduce, "Beautiful and Bald Barbie," with the hope that the doll will help raise awareness for children with cancer and other conditions...

"Would you rather be buried or cremated?" is a question some of us are asked more frequently than "Want to get it on?" so I've been reflecting on it. The problem was less about the how than the what. The truth is I want to stick around, which isn't an...

"He's just not that into you," is what friends must be thinking about the one-sided, dysfunctional relationship I can't seem to break off. I, too, find it pathetic that I grovel for attention, hoping for a shout out or an inadvertent butt call from a cell phone, anything to suggest...

Okay, hawkers, you've made your point. I should have used different passwords for each of my accounts, but it was so much easier to remember that my son's birthday followed by my blood type would access my email accounts while the last four digits of my social security number and...

It's clear that Tea Party enthusiasts have forgotten what the rest of us learned in high school about the Constitution and evolution, but last night's pummeling of MoveOn.org member Lauren Valle reveals they're also ignoring the most basic lesson of all, the nursery school mantra, "use your words." Valle, carrying...

If you have a clean record, please contact the White House ASAP. There is a desperate need to find someone who can be vetted for this appointment.

Compensation: Negotiable.

With the incessant media coverage, ever-growing number of bloggers and You Tube, it's now almost impossible to avoid getting fifteen, if not more, minutes of fame. For those having trouble, here are some surefire methods:

Lose a tremendous amount of weight and be the spokesperson for Jenny Craig, gain...

Switching between events in Washington and Vancouver was confusing. There was more discord and hostility demonstrated by America's elected officials than there was among the competing athletes, who, unlike our politicians, were hoping to do their personal best, as opposed to members of Congress, clearly determined to annihilate "the other...

In an almost unprecedented announcement, a woman came forth to claim, "I never slept with Tiger Woods."  As evidence, she showed that she's been fighting in Aghanistan since the war began so never had an opportunity to meet the golf champ.  Roman Polanski offered to host her in his Swiss villa...

Gatekeeper needed immediately. 

-Must be able to stay awake during shift

-Someone who can distinguish invited guests from party crashers

-Demonstrate ability to read names on list

-Entry level position

Salary TBD

There's been an unrelenting amount of dismal news.  Heaped on top of the existing and illogical wars, economic woes, job scarcity, terrorism, genocide, trafficking of women, global warming, identity theft, the greed of pharmaceutical companies and Wall Street tycoons, we're worried about health care reform, Social Security going broke, swine...

This past week women learned from a task force (consisting of no doctors) that those under the age of 50 should hold off on getting mammograms. 

An unrelated finding, this from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is that pap test screenings are best postponed until after the age of...

There's been much conjecture about how the two officers piloting the Northwest Airlines jet  missed its destination by 150 miles. 

Pilot Richard Cole says there was no fight in the cockpit and claims neither he nor the captain had fallen asleep, but he's offered no explanation for how they forgot to land Flight...

Rabbi Boteach is too busy promoting his book on Michael Jackson to weigh in on whether or not Roman Polanski should be extradited nor have we heard what the Cohen brothers feel about President Obama's efforts to get the Olympic games for Chicago. But, fortunately, we have the Sunday morning...