Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me – just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me – just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
Author: Dee Dee Myers
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios and the long legislative battles over health care reform financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios and the long legislative battles over health care reform financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.
This is a generation weaned on Watergate and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead there is a presumption that without relentless scrutiny the government will misbehave.
This is a generation weaned on Watergate and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead there is a presumption that without relentless scrutiny the government will misbehave.
I look forward to a time in the not so distant future when we no longer look forward to 'firsts' as milestones women have yet to achieve but we look back on them as historic events that continue to teach and inspire.
I look forward to a time in the not so distant future when we no longer look forward to 'firsts' as milestones women have yet to achieve but we look back on them as historic events that continue to teach and inspire.
Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.
Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.
It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career – as well as a family – of my own. Both my parents but especially my mother encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.
It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career – as well as a family – of my own. Both my parents but especially my mother encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.
The dirty little secret is that the pool man who's making $30000 a year is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets.
The dirty little secret is that the pool man who's making $30000 a year is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets.
No doubt the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family his Ivy League elegance his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.
No doubt the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family his Ivy League elegance his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.
That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States – with its unrivaled power and prestige – has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.
That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States – with its unrivaled power and prestige – has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.
As long as the G.O.P. led by its increasingly visible women continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women's failure to understand their own lives and interests the gender gap won't go away.
As long as the G.O.P. led by its increasingly visible women continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women's failure to understand their own lives and interests the gender gap won't go away.
The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk – and failure.
The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk – and failure.
I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad – experience how people look what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask.
I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad – experience how people look what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask.