In pursuit of happiness
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
BOSTON --
We are in the midst of another dust-up over research published under the (too) provocative headline: “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness.”
A $250 donation
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
BOSTON -- Now we face this tiny but telling test. The $250 moment. Wouldn't it be something if those of us on Social Security looked this particular gift horse in the mouth and said no to the Congress? And if a check arrives in the mail, wouldn't it be something if elders who are able, endorsed it to schools that are meagerly training the next generation of Social Security supporters?
Texas doing the gay divorce fandango
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
BOSTON --
There is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage.
A question of health—and equality
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
BOSTON -- It is becoming obvious that just having a female reproductive system is a pre-existing condition in the health care debate.
Now, where was I?
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
BOSTON -- There was a time when I considered myself a champion multitasker. This, of course, was in the days when the Olympic event of technological multitasking was unloading the dishwasher while talking to my mother on the phone.
Obama clinging to civility
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
BOSTON --
This is the Obama story. Right from the get-go, Americans were attracted to a man who was more collaborative than combative. Hillary was the tough guy in the primaries. McCain was the warrior in the election. Obama was the Oprah candidate who believed we could talk with anyone, even our enemies.
Grateful to have a job
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
BOSTON --
The spotlight of the Great Recession has been properly on the nearly 10 percent of workers who are unemployed. But there has been far less said about the collateral damage on the 90 percent who “still have a job” but are looking at the empty seats. Fearfully. Gratefully.
Health care’s senior moments
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009
BOSTON --
It was bad enough when Sarah Palin told a bald Facebook lie that there were “death panels” in the plans to reform health care. It was worse to see Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley flunk the “pants on fire” test as he seconded this myth. Republicans planted the fear that President Obama wants to “kill Granny.” Now they want Granny to kill health care reform.
Kennedy: His own man
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009
BOSTON --
Kennedy funerals have marked our history: JFK. RFK. Jackie. John Jr. And two weeks ago, Eunice. This time the death to be mourned is the youngest brother who became the oldest, the only male to achieve something tragically denied the others: longevity.
Year brings choice choices for Equal Rites Awards
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
BOSTON -- what do we make of this year? On the one hand, a wise Latina ascended to the Supreme Court. On the other hand, a pit bull with lipstick descended from the Alaskan governorship.
Life in a snapshot
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009
CASCO BAY, MAINE --
Weeding, they say, is a gardener’s full employment program. But children are a grandparent’s full employment program. The cultivation of one has let the other get out of hand. Crabgrass has become our garden’s most reliable produce.
In wing-nut world, Granny is toast
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
BOSTON --
Now the wing-nut industry has ratcheted up from accusing Obama of killing his grandma to accusing him of trying to kill your grandma. The campaign of the moment is based on a small provision in the health care bill that would allow Medicare to reimburse doctors for time spent consulting with patients about their end-of-life choices.
Taking on 'Big Food'
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, July 23, 2009
BOSTON -- Now that two-thirds of Americans are overweight, the lethal effects of fat are catching up to those of smoke. We regularly hear the cha-ching of obesity costs in the health care debate. And we are beginning to see that Overweight America is not some collective collapse of national willpower, but a business plan.
Sotomayor shows she’s ready to play
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, July 16, 2009
BOSTON --
At times it sounded more like the all-star game than the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice. I could have organized an office pool guessing the number of times senators would say “balls and strikes” (13) or “umpire” (16).
Palin the pretender
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Wednesday, July 8, 2009
BOSTON -- What had happened to Sarah the Barracuda? The pit bull with lipstick? The mother of five, moose killer and marathoner who juggled a BlackBerry and a breast pump?
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