Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.

The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant.

When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic.

The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day. He was his usual gregarious and gracious self - with beaming smile and booming voice wishing my husband and me good luck with our pregnancy and expressing his excitement about the new president.

Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.