This past week, Karl Rove decided to attack Hillary Clinton’s brain capacity. That is so going to work for him. Especially with women. By the way, am I the only one weirded out by how much Rove seems to know about Hillary’s minute-by-minute schedule in December 2012? Sounds to me as if someone’s got himself […]
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Connie Schultz: Making college more affordable for all children
Show of hands, please: How many of us can remember a time in our childhood when we told our parents where our family was going to live? Right. Nobody. Unless you count the handful of child actors who are their families’ primary breadwinners. Exception noted. Just about all of us grow up wherever our custodial […]
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Connie Schultz: Of all the silly things to talk about …
Six years ago, I laid eyes on my brand-new grandson, and a wave of compassion washed over me, sweeping all of my career ambitions out to sea. Or, wait. Maybe that happened after. After I held my grandson in my arms, I mean, and tugged on his little hospital-issue knit cap, thus triggering a softening […]
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Connie Schultz: This ‘Ban Bossy’ campaign is working
This is how crazy-smart Sheryl Sandberg is. Last Monday, I landed at LaGuardia Airport and hailed a cab to Manhattan. Within minutes, the driver and I were talking about Facebook executive Sandberg’s new “Ban Bossy” campaign to empower girls. At his initiation, not mine. We were chatting about family when the driver, Mr. Guevara, told […]
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Connie Schultz: Ohio GOP attempts to fix elections, not voting
The question is simple: Why, with no proof of widespread voter fraud, would you want to make it harder for entire groups of Americans — mostly black, low-income, female and elderly — to cast their ballots? The answer is just as simple: It’s the only way you think your side can win. It’s as pathetic […]
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Connie Schultz: Michael Sam: Playing for a bigger truth
If you’ve ever worried that revealing a deeply held secret could be your undoing — isn’t that true of most of us at some point in our lives? — there is hope to be found in the unfolding story of Michael Sam. Sam is the University of Missouri All-American defensive lineman and NFL prospect who […]
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Connie Schultz: State legislatures sanctioning disregard for women
Earlier today, I pulled off my bookshelf a tattered copy of Susan Faludi’s 1991 groundbreaking book, “Backlash.” The book fell open to this long-ago underlined passage: “To many men in the antiabortion movement, the speed with which women embraced sexual and reproductive freedom could be frightening. And unlike the rise of the gender voting gap […]
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Connie Schultz: Make 2014 a year to listen more
On New Year’s Eve in 2012, 80-year-old Joan McFarland Klein gathered the women in her life for her annual luncheon to usher in what God only knew was in store for us over the next 12 months. We Irish are always bracing ourselves. Joan had raised four daughters and two sons and had 16 grandchildren […]
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Connie Schultz: Appreciating Obama for his mindfulness
The longer Barack Obama is our president the more grateful I am that I first met him as a fellow writer. I may not always agree with him, but I never doubt that he’s thought it through. He is, by nature, a reflective man. Learning back in 2006 that he processes life through the time-honored […]
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Connie Schultz: Santa’s magic comes in many colors
Many of us who grew up believing in Santa Claus can recall that moment when we started having our doubts. If we were lucky, we had a special someone in our lives willing to quash the ugly rumors for a little bit longer. That was my mother. She had her reasons. She was only 8 […]