by Liz Smith | bio
I know I'm supposed to always be full of gossip, entertainment and good cheer. But what I am these days is a medical "expert" on [...]

by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio
On Monday night I listened to George Bush deliver his final State of the Union address.
The speech was so full of hogwash it’s difficult [...]

Election 2008: Add Women, Change Everything?: Marie Wilson of The White House Project argues that we need more than leaders:
While a heroic leader can inspire us, he or she [...]

by Susan Ringo

Susan Ringo celebrates her 60th

One of these days I’ll team up with my friends and write the "Fabulous Woman’s Guide to Turning 60 Fabulously." But for now, here’s [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio
My mother-in-law, Natalie McIntyre, is my idol. Eighty years old, she comes from strong, Depression-era Swedish-American stock. She is an autodidact on a [...]

Bidding on Politics: "As she prepares to depart from EBay after a decade at the helm, Chief Executive Meg Whitman appears to be investigating a new career — in politics," [...]

The New York Times looks at the advice in the new book "How Not to Look Old," by Charla Krupp, a former beauty director at Glamour who writes a column [...]

Menopause Symptoms Improve as Menopause Progresses: Good news — It gets better. "So many symptoms are attributed to menopause, with the belief that they get worse with menopause," Dr. Ellen [...]

by Beth Camp
For the first time in my life, the alarm clock doesn't ring in the morning. I don't commute to work. I don't work 70-hour weeks.
Instead, I [...]

by Agnes Krup | bio
The other day, I ran into my ex-husband on an online dating website. At first I almost scrolled by, but I was drawn to the curious [...]