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Veterans Day had always been a day-off from environmentalism for me, but this year Veterans week was different. The Sierra Club was really, for the first time, a full participant.
BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
The biggest price I paid, along with other military kids, was enormous anxiety. For you see, Death was always lurking around in the background, but no one ever talked about it.
Stephanie Freid-Perenchio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books
After the events of 9/11, I realized that the world of Navy SEALs was still shrouded in secrecy. I wanted to explore and shed light upon this culture that most people had never seen nor fully understood.
Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books
Susan Galleymore is the author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War & Terror. She made international headlines as she traveled to Iraq to visit her son stationed in the Sunni Triangle.
AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 11.01.2009 | Style
BY CHRISTINE SIMMONS, AP WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fr...
AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — First lady Michelle Obama received a warm welcome from Yankees fans and a kiss from the captain before Game 1 of the World Series on ...
Posted 09.25.2009 | Impact
Online hub DonorsChoose.org filters your donations to American schools in need. The "choose" part means you get to select which school or program your...
David Quigg | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
If today were any day other than Memorial Day, I wouldn't make it to the end of this sentence without flinging some heartfelt insult at Dick Cheney.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Our troops are missing Christmases, birthdays, and wedding anniversaries -- often back to back. The marathon deployment cycle is adding greater stress to already strained families.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
I previously wrote an article about those who have served in our military, and the challenges facing them and their families. At that time, I intervi...
Diane Tucker | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home
"On the news yesterday, they revealed a potential neo-Nazi plot against Barack Obama, and then they gave more details on the racially-motivated Ashley...
Julie Bergman Sender | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
There are no more persuasive or moving voices we can listen to right now than the soldiers and families who have had and are currently experiencing, the pain, injury, loss, and aftermath of war first hand.
Noel Koch | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
General Powell has said: "I would follow President Obama." It is a conclusion many of us, veterans and active duty personnel, and military families, have reached by different routes in the past year.
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.05.2009 | Home
"Everyone I talk to wants change but on base you can't say certain things. At a bar or a party, everyone tells me they're voting for Obama... My military friends are tired of being lied to."
Michelle Gross | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home
In the second presidential debate, McCain laid out his bailout plan to help average Americans in this economic crisis. You know that home values of ...
Laura Dempsey and Kathy Roth-Douquet | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home
Sarah Palin has been touted from the beginning as somebody who has made real decisions. I'm getting flashbacks to another "decider" and his brand of leadership.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.11.2008 | Media
Viewers got a breakdown of polls in "three states" where Cindy McCain was leading Michelle Obama as the preferred choice for First Lady.
MOMocrats | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home
Make no mistake. Michelle gets it. In a way I don't think that Senator McCain, or Cindy McCain the heiress, could get it in a million years.
Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.09.2008 | Living
My daughter is a military wife. Which makes me a military mother-in-law. Which means that I have a personal interest in Bush's announcement about shorter combat tours.
AP | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics
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LA Times | Faye Fiore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Families with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war...
Los Angeles Times | Faye Fiore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Families with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war...
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Carl Pope | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green