BY SUSAN ESTRICH When I was younger, New Year’s was a time fraught with frantic uncertainty revolving around the seemingly critical questions of whether I would have a date and/or something to do. Having nothing to do on New Year’s Eve and/or no one to do it with seemed a fate worse than death, or […]

BY FROMA HARROP Everyone knows what must be done if there is to be a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel’s forceful response to rocket attacks from Gaza does not change that. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently spelled out what his country must do. This week, he is sending Israel’s forces into what […]

BY FROMA HARROP “Doing it yourself these days?” asks the Depression-era ad for bleach. It shows pampered hands wading in a tub full of laundry. There’s more doing-it-yourself in this Great Recession, as well. The economic downturn has stripped the bubble bourgeoisie of the funds required to employ an army of house cleaners, nannies, personal […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER In keeping with the Biblical adage that it’s better to give than to receive, I came up with a delightful sleighful of holiday goodies this year to dispense to some of our nation’s most special people. It was not easy to shop for these folks. I mean, what do you get for […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH In the eight years since he left the White House, Bill Clinton has worked tirelessly to save the lives of children in some of the most miserable places on the planet. He has traveled to Africa more than most of us travel to see relatives, in order to bring much-needed medicines for […]