“F-Word = Feminism. Feminism is the believe that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. ” ~Ms. Foundation In honor of the Ms. Foundation’s 40th anniversary, Julie Hermelin produced and directed a web special with Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Q. Thomas, interim executive director of the Ms. Foundation, in conversation with Jen and […]
Jacqueline Kennedy confided her innermost thoughts to an Irish priest that began when she was 21 years old and he was 73. The future first lady began writing the priest, Rev. Joseph Leonard, after meeting him during a visit to Ireland in 1950. NBC News reports that “Over the next 14 years, in a […]
Caught on Camera: A Dangerous Scuba Diving Assault NBC News reports: “An environmentalist claims a reef collector tried to kill her by ripping away her air supply while submerged 50 feet underwater off the Kona Coast of Hawaii.” According to NBC affiliate KHNL the diver, Rene Umberger, and others “were documenting damage to coral reefs […]
United States Senate candidate Milton Wolf, Kansas, created a stir when it was discovered that he had posted graphic X-rays of gunshot victims on his Facebook page. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Wolf also “participated in online commentary layered with macabre jokes and descriptions of carnage.” Wolf, a Johnson County radiologist, […] said in an […]
Tensions are arising between the Washington based Tea Party groups and local Tea Party activists who envision their own groups as being among Washington adversaries. The New York Times reports that “The still-emerging Tea Party movement is not merely waging war against the Republican establishment this year. Some of its more heated disputes are coming […]