The following remarks were read at the tribute to Nuala O’Faolain, held June 24, 2008 at the New York Public Library. Click here to read more about the tribute, as [...]

How does a public tribute to an extraordinary friend and international literary figure who died too soon and too quickly avoid a sentimentality that the subject herself would have found [...]

by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio
Good essays are often about one thing. But sitting in Madison Square Garden the other day, at Jimmy Buffett’s "The Year of Still Here" concert, many [...]

There is, for sure, a gender difference. The National Council for Research on Women recently gathered scholars, advocates and corporate leaders to present the latest research on Women and [...]

We've just learned of the death of NBC's Tim Russert. We offer condolences to his family. Much will be written about Russert's stellar career. On women, we would direct our [...]

By Rev. Cecilia Loving
Recently, we discussed the power of renunciation, the power of letting go of whatever is not for our highest good, the power of saying no.
This spiritual [...]

Editor’s NoteOn May 9, around midnight in a small hospice in Dublin, writer Nuala O’Faolain died after an implausibly, ridiculously, brutally brief illness. The worlds of literature, politics and feminism [...]

Unity in November?: Our friend Greta Van Susteren writes: "I hear from Democratic Party leaders as they pass through Fox News Channel that no matter who is the candidate in [...]