Mom in Chief? Mom of the House? The political mommy-track

January 23, 2007 in Democrat, Democrats, Election, Hillary Clinton, Liberalism, Liberals, Mothers, Pelosi, Politics

Betsy at Betsy’s page has a great post discussing the political mommy-track.
I guess there must be some people out there whose hearts melt at the thought of mothers running for public office and relate to women talking about what they learned from raising their children. I’m just not one of them. I think this is [...]

Some equal time for Gov. Richardson – sort of

January 23, 2007 in Democrat, Democrats, Election, Energy Independence, Liberalism, Liberals, Politics, Richardson, Spanish

Governor Richardson announces his presidential exploratory committee on YouTube. The times – they are a changin’ (apologies to Bob Dylan)
In Espanol

Why didn’t Hillary and Barack think of that?

Alzheimer’s vaccine ‘in a patch’

January 23, 2007 in Alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, Health, Medicine

I have a personal interest in this story.  You’re probably thinking that I’m concerned about older loved ones in my life (or myself).  Actually, it’s my four year old son with whom I’m concerned.  He has Down syndrome and 25% of adults with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s disease by the age of 40.  65% [...]

Alzheimer’s vaccine ‘in a patch’

January 23, 2007 in Alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, Health, Medicine

I have a personal interest in this story.  You’re probably thinking that I’m concerned about older loved ones in my life (or myself).  Actually, it’s my four year old son with whom I’m concerned.  He has Down syndrome and 25% of adults with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s disease by the age of 40.  65% [...]