Thank heavens the campaign season is finally over. I was so done with the constant political commercials and their scary, sneering tone. “Vote for our guy, because the other guy is evil incarnate, and death and destruction will rain down from the skies if he is elected.” Yuck. My children were capable of more honest [...]
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Profits or People?
The nature of government is a central topic in this election. What is it’s role? Whom does it serve? Can it be trusted? Does it create jobs or not? Is it like a business? Is the economy more productive if the President has experience in business? The answer to the last question has been answered by history, and the answer [...]
Two Americas, Male & Female
An alien visiting the US would likely conclude that women in general and mothers in particular are of little importance. Who runs for public office and interprets the law in the courts? Mostly men. Who enforces the law? Mostly men. Who controls the banks, sits on the boards, and makes business decisions? Mostly men. Who [...]
Vote Early. Vote Often.
Okay, that was sort of a joke. You can’t really vote often. You can only vote once. But you may vote early if you want to! In 36 states and the District of Columbia you are allowed to vote before election day, for any reason. It’s an awfully good idea – no last minute snafu, [...]
The Kids Are (NOT) All Right
The first debate in this presidential campaign season is remarkable not for what the candidates said, but for what they didn’t say. In spite of the fact that the Presidency cannot be won without a majority of women’s votes, discussion of the economy and health care was narrow and bogged down in mindless detail. Worse, [...]
Pregnant @ Work
Now that roughly half the paid workforce is female, pregnancy issues surface regularly at work. You may have thought that the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”), passed in 1978, would have settled all this already. You’d be wrong. First of all, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 62 percent of women who give birth [...]
From MOMAgenda: Moms Have Election-Year Muscle; Use It or Lose It
Your (Wo)Man in Washington is lucky to count Allison Stevens among her friends and colleagues, a politically savvy mother of two boys and writer for Women’s Enews. She penned this fabulous piece earlier this week, and has given me permission to place it before you here. You may of course want to see it in its [...]
You Can Ignore It, But It WON’T Go Away
I suspect that one reason the U.S. has made so little progress towards pro-caregiver policies is that women figure once the children grow up and go to school, the work/family conundrum will sort itself out. We may have a few rough years of living on just one income, or being uncomfortably stretched by the high [...]
Welcome New Readers!
Welcome to all the new readers who have found me through my featured post at Blog Her, Mom-in-Chief, But Not on the Payroll. If you will indulge my excitement at having been a featured blogger at Blog Her not ONCE but TWICE, I am equally excited that the issues that are near and dear to [...]
Mom In Chief, But Not on the Payroll
Michelle Obama and Ann Romney are prominently featured in their spouse’s presidential campaigns. Both have made prime-time speeches during the Tampa and Charlotte conventions, which were parsed in detail by the media. Did they make their husbands more likeable? Could they secure the “women’s vote” for their spouses? Were their televised speeches fluff pieces, or did [...]
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