So, Mr. Bernard Madoff is going to jail for 150 years. Seems like a fairer sentence than the twelve his lawyers asked for. But you know what? I don’t think [...]

I do not, do not, understand the unfortunate predisposition of the American public to refer slangily to the mammary glands of the female as “boobs.”
So I looked up the word [...]

Jenny Sanford and Katherine Jackson. Did we even know their names before last week? Can we connect them by anything other than the point size of the headlines surrounding the [...]

Dear Dr. Pat,
I read your medical advice to menopausal women, and I have a sense that you are not a big fan of hormone therapy. I am now forty-nine years [...]

These past two weeks, we’ve been as spellbound and horrified by events in Iran as the rest of the nation, paying special attention to the women often at its center. [...]

One of the more surprising perks of our relocation from North Carolina to California has been the thrill of complete anonymity. I did not think I would ever see this [...]

The seventh season of our sailing odyssey along the coast of British Columbia has begun. My husband, Patrick, and I can’t seem to stop coming back to these waters; the [...]

I am delighted and indeed very flattered to have been invited to write for WVFC, joining this group of very talented women. The idea is that I will be able [...]

(Yesterday was the final day of the Royal Ascot, the British racing event run personally by the Queen of England. In our quest to bring you the freshest news from [...]

In response to Dr. Allen’s visual assault by an overexposed jogger the other morning, I have to say that it seems true: No lower limit has been discovered as far [...]