Women have come closer to complete equality with men in the workplace in terms of salary, advancement, level of education, and other key indicators. However, there is one significant exception to... Read more >>

The account in today’s New York Times about a forty-five-year-old Los Angeles man who, having been wiped out financially, shot his wife, three sons (described as outstanding students), and... Read more >>

With the McCain/Palin duo getting down and dirty, Obama might benefit from the front page article in today’s New York Times about the effects of “elderspeak,” the term for the... Read more >>

Anne Rivers Siddons talks about the writing life. Off Season, her new novel set in Downeast Maine, hit bookshelves in August, 2008. Standing in the doorway of her cottage on Maine’s Penobscot... Read more >>

I walk in, and I can barely find a place to stand—let alone sit. As I sidle up to the back of a ridiculously long line of people (waiting for nothing more than flavored coffee beans), I wonder... Read more >>

I don’t think I could have done it. Once I heard my husband (assuming I was a woman with a husband) was being serviced, under his desk, in one of the key seats of power of the entire free world,... Read more >>

For entrepreneurial women, travel is as much a part of life as brainstorming sessions and budget meetings. Whether it’s for a business trip to launch a concept or a vacation to take respite from... Read more >>

This whole WikiLeaks situation is huge. It’s really freaking enormous. I know this because I gauge the seriousness of any situation based on the amount of time it remains the top story on the... Read more >>

If dogs can be trained to do police work, why shouldn’t hairstylists be enlisted to spot signs of domestic abuse and refer customers so they can get help? Today’s New York Times... Read more >>

Editor’s Note: In an interview with wowOwow, New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera, whose latest book, Good Guys and Bad Guys, is a collection of his writings, also explains why wealthy... Read more >>