Wednesday as we were reeling from the aftereffects of the election, my dear sister Eleanor sent me a care package.
The Lost Cause Rises Again
Early yesterday evening as I was watching the election coverage, I saw it on the screen: the solid South, the mass of red states in the Southeast that told me too clearly who our next president is going to be.
Why Are Some Women Conservatives
I’ve been thinking a lot about the reasons why some women may vote for the felon…
Hawk-Eye Is Here
After Donald Trump’s ear was shot at the rally last Saturday, one of the uniformed men rushing onto the stage shouted, “Hawk-Eye is here!” and I felt the thrill I used to feel as a child when a wizard or a powerful fairy arrived to set things right.
Where Are the Women?
As always happens when the United States is at war, now on three fronts, women disappear.
We Love Our Bad Boys
The bad boys all share a certain set of characteristics, which I think of every time I see women’s enchanted faces turned up toward Donald Trump as he speaks.
A Seat at the Table
Regardless of who wins this election, we as a people need to think about the results of the disruption of the past year.
Loving the Bad Boy
How often have we witnessed in our own behavior, in others’ or in literature, what seems to be women’s archetypal empathy for the bad boy?
Gold
At this time of year and on till the end of October, the hills around Santa Fe are heavy with gold hunters, carloads of people who want to look at the gold leaves on the Aspens.
Pigtail on Fire
Dr. Hill… seemed to me, uniquely as a woman, to represent a fearless insistence on doing the right thing.