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By Keli Goff on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Hillary Clinton has endured more criticism in her two decades on the national stage than most of us will in two lifetimes. There was the early insinuation that she wasn’t a real woman, since she had the audacity not to stay home and “bake cookies,” as she curtly put it, and worse, not to be sorry about her choice. There were the embarrassing rumors about her marriage, and the even more embarrassing confirmation of some of them. ...

Will Martin Luther King Inspire Obama to ‘Evolve’ on LGBT Rights?

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Days ago, civil rights legend Julian Bond was honored at an all-star gala featuring tributes from Dave Matthews, Wanda Sykes, Stephen Colbert and others. In addition to celebrating Bond’s contributions to the fight for racial equality, the evening also served as a fundraiser for a professorship to be endowed in his honor at the University of Virginia. The endowment will ensure that courses on the history of the civil rights movement will continue to be ...

Why Michelle Obama Would Be a Better Candidate Than Her Husband

By Keli Goff on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

As with every White House Correspondent’s Dinner, at this year’s soiree the President found himself in danger of being overshadowed by even more dazzling stars in his orbit. I’m not referring to Hollywood stars like George Clooney or Kerry Washington, who were in attendance. I’m referring to his wife. Glowing in her strapless Naeem Khan gown, First Lady Michelle Obama did what she has done since the beginning of the Obama administration: upstage her husband. Though the President ...

There Is Racism On Reality TV But Not On The Bachelor

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Between the Trayvon Martin tragedy, and the rise in racially based hate crimes and hate groups that has occurred in the Obama era, there has been plenty to keep those of us who care about civil rights busy. But it’s always refreshing when fellow advocates for equality and justice call attention to those major civil rights battles that have gone overlooked by the mainstream media; the kinds of battles that can change lives and make the world ...

Thanks To Class Politics Some Moms Work Harder Than Others

By Keli Goff on Monday, April 16th, 2012

It’s been said that a gaffe in politics is when someone accidentally tells the truth. I was reminded of that expression recently when fellow talking head Hilary Rosen found herself in a bit of trouble — at least according to the political chattering classes. For those of you who lead more fulfilling lives than the rest of us, and therefore have been consumed by more substantive matters than the bit of nonsense dubbed “Rosengate,” allow ...

Should Parents of Misbehaving Kids Pay More to Fly?

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Flying the friendly skies always feels a bit like playing a game of Russian roulette. There are the real life and death worries, like hoping and praying that you and your plane arrive at your destination in one piece. Then there are the worries that only feel like life and death, like hoping that you and your plane arrive on time and that your luggage does too. Then there are the worries that make us ...

If You Could Predict a Rape Would You Stop It?

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

For many people with elderly relatives, the joy of knowing that your family member has enjoyed a long life is often mixed with fear of what the future may bring regarding his or her health. Not to mention the fear of someone possibly harming him when he’s too vulnerable to fend for himself. But very rarely do we worry about the elderly physically harming others, particularly at 100 years old. Yet when Theodore Sypnier was ...

The Gift That Trayvon Gave All of Us

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

There is no perfect thing to say in the wake of a tragedy, particularly one that involves the loss of a young person. Entire etiquette guides are devoted to telling us what not to say when someone is grieving, with “I know how you feel” being at the top of the list. And yet there is something oddly comforting about such clichés, causing many of us cling to them like a life raft during tragedy. Especially when our ...

Are Cookies Better than Condoms?

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

As we suffer through what has officially been dubbed the most partisan era in the history of American politics (next to the Civil War perhaps?) it seems there is little left that Americans can agree on. Even contraception, which used to be the fall back issue of consensus among those sick at yelling at each other over abortion, has tied if not surpassed, that issue in partisan squabbling. So is there anything left that people of different political stripes ...

Are Female Voters to Blame for the Failure of Women Candidates?

By Keli Goff on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

During her remarks at this year’s Newsweek/Daily Beast “Women in the World Summit,” former Secretary of State Madeline Albright reiterated one of her favorite maxims: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”   Well according to a new study it looks like the ladies room in hell will be quite crowded. Just in time for International Women’s Day, which was March 8th, London based company Business Environment released a study of 1,000 women. ...