The lightheaded queasy feeling was there again. Some psychologist had called it the “fight or flight” syndrome. It always came. Even with all the successes there was something about the... Read more >>

I am probably the most naive person on the Internet. For years, I have been quietly typing away, spewing out articles, stories, and goofy commentaries on a few websites—happily going about my... Read more >>

Throughout history, dreams have been seen as the key to unlocking many things—human creativity, the unconscious, the future. Many great thinkers—politicians, generals, artists, musicians,... Read more >>

Every time my friend Roxanne comes over for dinner, she brings her world famous crab dip. (Roxanne has lived in Singapore, Bombay, and San Francisco, so this dip literally is world famous.) Within... Read more >>

One week we worship this actor, the next week we despise that actress—it’s all a part of the celebrity bashing fun! From ugly celebrity indecency and gaffes to good celebrity... Read more >>

During the highly volatile primary season, it sometimes feels like the caucus has become the red carpet. There’s Chuck Norris kicking border patrol butt for Huckabee, Oprah Winfrey putting... Read more >>

My mom named us all wrong. I know it’s not her fault. She admired and loved the family members we were all named for. She didn’t know how the three of us would turn out. But if she had the... Read more >>

When I turned thirty a few years back, I asked my mom for a haircut. She usually emails a month in advance to ask what I would like for my birthday, and so I told her about a special haircut that was... Read more >>

Two things struck me as incongruous as I watched the Daytime Emmys broadcast held last Friday in Hollywood at the Kodak Theater (built originally to house the Oscars): I thought the multi-tiered house... Read more >>

As president of The White House Project, a women’s leadership nonprofit organization, I have traveled extensively around the United States talking to girls and women about the need to make... Read more >>