Red State Single Women: Support Single Payer Healthcare, or Stay Virgins
June 15, 2009 by josieb
Filed under Health, Health Trends
Last week I got a notice from our insurance carrier that our family policy rate was going up — almost 35% (!!!) — oh, and yeah, it’s time for my college age daughter to get a plan of her own: another $159 above and beyond the increase.
Few kids in college can afford to cover their [...]
Duchess Digest: In Defense of Date Night
They say behind every great man is a team of great women. President Obama certainly proves this statement, as he is backed by his beautiful wife Michelle and two adorable daughters. So is it really that shocking or controversial that on Saturday night, the Obama’s left the White House behind for a night on the [...]
Don’t Know Much About Economy: Teens Have Low Financial IQs
March 9, 2009 by allison
Filed under Money, Personal Finances
In 1958 Sam Cooke wrote a hit song, Wonderful World, which bemoaned how high school students knew about love and lust, but little about history, biology, science and French. Now you can add “economics” to that long list of subjects that so many of us know so little about.
As recently reported in an article entitled, [...]
SMW Celebrity Scene: Around the World, and Then Some
The top of my New Year’s resolution list reads to stay slim and trim, be the best person I can be, and make a lot of money and save it! Though, no matter how much you save, when it goes, it goes much faster than you think! My New Year’s was spent with friends at [...]
Obamanomics, Part II: What the Country Can Expect
February 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under Personal Finances
ast month (see below) I discussed expected changes in the Obama approach to the economy. Now that America’s 44th president is seated in the Oval Office I thought it might be wise to revisit that topic and take a closer look at the $825 billion stimulus package just passed the House of Representatives.
With Democratic majorities [...]
Sheila Kuehl Makes Another Strong Argument for Universal Healthcare
One of the strongest champions the state of California has had in its arduous journey (not yet over, unfortunately) toward Universal Healthcare is former California State Senator Sheila Kuehl. She was Chair of the Senate Health Committee and author of the only single payer health insurance bill to pass both houses of a state legislature [...]
The Obama Presidency and Your Career
January 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Managing Your Career
Today, Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States of America. How will his presidency affect your career? As single-minded women know, layoffs and job losses have dominated the news for several months. President Obama pledges to reverse the trend by creating new jobs. But where will these jobs come from?
Get energized. A goal [...]
Ann Coulter: One Giant Step Backwards for Single Moms
As if single mothers don’t have enough to contend with, now we have Ann Coulter announcing that if you are a victim of a crime, you can thank a single mother. In a recent interview on the Today show to promote her new book Guilty, Anne discusses her theory on how single handily, single moms [...]
Obama Pectacular in Hawaii
Bill Clinton is best remembered for being caught with his pants off.
Barack Obama might be best remembered for being caught with his shirt off.
Yes, this week the 47 year-old President Elect caused quite a sensation when his pecs and abs were caught on display as he left a gym during his holiday visit to his [...]
Take an online Tour of Obama’s Hawaii
Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 at the Kapiolani Hospital for Women & Children in the city of Honolulu on the island of Oahu.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, four of America’s first five presidents were natives of Virginia. None of them would have envisioned a day when a president of the United States [...]
