Ellen Goodman on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

Mammogram Backlash Is About Mistrust

2009-11-26T06:44:38+00:00

Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women v. the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

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Lipstick on a Rogue

2009-11-19T06:43:17+00:00

You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for “Going Rogue.”

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Where Does the Caving End?

2009-11-12T07:07:16+00:00

If pro-choice Democrats turn back reproductive rights, it proves that they can be rolled by intransigent opposition. And once rolled, it’s all downhill.

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What Option for Afghan Women?

2009-11-05T08:33:33+00:00

Have you heard this old proverb? Whether the rock hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the rock, it’s going to be bad for the pitcher. Women are the pitcher in this story.

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In Pursuit of Happiness

2009-10-30T01:48:51+00:00

Women are now less likely than men to report that they are “very happy,” despite the achievements of the women’s movement. Let the predictable debates begin.

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Don’t Worry About Us Seniors

2009-10-22T05:25:13+00:00

You can’t go wrong in politics giving money to seniors, but it’s the poor and hungry—often kids—who need $250 checks.

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The Gay Divorce Fandango

2009-10-08T06:07:11+00:00

I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage.

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A Question of Health—and Equality

2009-10-01T09:35:54+00:00

My favorite moment so far in the health care debate was when Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl argued against mandating maternity benefits as part of a basic insurance coverage. “I don’t need maternity care,” he blurted out. At which point, Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow quipped, “I think your mom probably did.”

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Now, Where Was I?

2009-09-24T09:55:16+00:00

It turns out watching TV while Twittering and surfing the Web may make one focus poorly, remember less and distract easily.

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Clinging to Civility

2009-09-17T05:00:28+00:00

For me, the real Obama moment of this back-to-work season wasn’t the speech before Congress or Wall Street. It was in the Virginia schoolhouse when a ninth-grader asked him a question that had nothing and everything to do with his presidency.

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