Not My Mother’s Blog

So I wandered by Huffington to see if there was any commentary there yet about Jesse Helms passing (and may eternity be kinder to him than he was to our world) and instead fell down the Old Guard vs. New Wave feminist rabbit hole. The quick recap: Lizz Winstead, co-creator of the Daily Show, hosts [...]

It took the energy crisis for one state to make a change that could make life easier for millions of families if it were adopted nationally – the state of Utah is switching all government employees to a four day work week. Instead of five eight hour days, all government workers will be putting in [...]

So I’m watching Dr. Who because the kids happen to love the show and I catch the most delightful little bit of dialog between Dr. Who and a complete blowhard of a ‘master of the house’. Dr. Who: And why aren’t the flags flying here, sir? Man (to his wife): There you see, I told [...]

Absentee Daddies Obama delivered a message in his Father’s Day address that’s not a new one – and I found it interesting to note that the NYT acknowledged that it’s a message that most white candidates could not address without raising ire in the black community. The speech was striking for its setting, and in [...]

They won the right to marry in Massachusetts… but Margaret Chambers and Cassandra Ormiston, who were married in 2004 in Massachusetts can’t get a divorce in Rhode Island, where they live. The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled last year that the family court couldn’t grant a divorce to the couple because the state only recognizes [...]