August 2008
Her Competence and Integrity are What Count, but Governor Palin Should Update Her Look, Too
August 30, 2008
In complaining that Senator John McCain is making a cynical choice to appeal to women and Evangelical voters in choosing as his running mate Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, critics are saying a great deal more about themselves than about...
Breaking the Silence to Aid Victims of Family Violence
August 26, 2008
A survivor of domestic violence and rape, Katarina Tepesh has spent much of her adulthood trying to forget.
But after Sept. 11, the 58-year-old Croatian, who immigrated to New York at 17, started trying to remember.
An upper East Sider who works...
Thank Heaven For Little Girls
August 20, 2008
From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON
Overlooked in the controversy over whether China’s women gymnasts – including He Kexin, winner of this week’s tiebreaker for the gold medal in uneven parallel bars –...
Thank Heaven For Little Girls
August 20, 2008
Overlooked in the controversy over whether China’s women gymnasts – including He Kexin, winner of this week’s tiebreaker for the gold medal in uneven parallel bars – are of age (16, as required by the International...
Former Lost Boy of Sudan to Carry American Flag in 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony
August 8, 2008
If you’re watching this year’s 2008 Olympic Games (NBC will broadcast from Beijing starting Friday August 8 at 7:30), be sure to look out for former Sudanese refugee and “lost boy” Lopez Lamong. A Southern Sudanese Christian who as a...