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Champion of Women and Children in South Sudan Says “We, Too”
June 4, 2018
by Heather Robinson
Meet Yom Deng Bul.
Born in the midst of South Sudan’s second civil war, which claimed 2.5 million human lives and which many describe as a genocide, she has personally survived horrors, and gone on to found and direct the Achut Foundation,...
From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
May 18, 2018
by Heather Robinson
The move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is taking place amidst violence, and who’s surprised?
Palestinian “leaders,” never missing an opportunity to stoke violence, incited their people to riot...
What’s Up With Rudy Giuliani?
May 14, 2018
by Heather Robinson
A lot of people have been asking what’s going on with Rudy Giuliani.
...Katie Roiphe and Complexity of Female Psyche
May 14, 2018
by Heather Robinson
A friend just directed me to Katie Roiphe’s piece “The Other Whisper Network.” The piece, which garnered intense online reaction, takes on the complex variety of feelings women have concerning sexual harassment and...
RBG Documentary Captures the Woman Across Time
May 14, 2018
by Heather Robinson
Just saw the new documentary on the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. No question, she is a woman of high commitment to principle and hard work. On a more shallow note, she was quite a hottie in her youth.
More to...
‘Roseanne’ Hasn’t Changed, But It’s Now Radical in a Profoundly Different Way
April 23, 2018
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
Millions of Americans tuned in on Tuesday for the fifth episode of ABC’s “Roseanne,” the popular reboot of the beloved ’90s sitcom starring comedian Roseanne Barr as a working-class mom, which garnered more...
A New Man on the Job
April 20, 2018
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is joining President Trump’s legal team to “help bring the Mueller investigation to conclusion,” according to CNN.
Giuliani told CNN his objective will be to interact with...
Caitlyn Jenner Celebrated by Shmuley Boteach, Orthodox Jews at the Plaza
March 9, 2018
by Heather Robinson
Last Thursday night, something occurred which, at this juncture in human history, could perhaps happen only in New York: an Orthodox rabbi, to the applause of a roomful of raucous, spirited, mostly Orthodox Jews, honored transgender...
#MeToo Also Has Us Making More of the Good Guys
February 27, 2018
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
Hollywood is responding to #MeToo not just by telling stories of female empowerment but also of the quiet decency of many oft-overlooked men.
And no wonder: Shouldn’t we as a culture, even as we call out sleazy and...
Yes, It’s OK to Date Across the Political Spectrum
February 14, 2018
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
Is President Trump making life difficult for Cupid?
An April 2017 poll of 1,000 Americans conducted by Virginia-based Wakefield research found one in five Americans knew of a couple whose marriage had suffered...