Women make up 52 percent of our nation’s population — not that you can tell from a walk down the corridors of power! A mere 11 percent of Congress and 21.5 percent of state legislatures are female. Fortunately, several organizations and resources are online to encourage women to exercise their political [...]

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Voting in a presidential election? Maybe it’s a national election but not a presidential election. How about a local election? Whatever kind of decision we’re called upon to make it can be tough to make a well-informed one. Enter the ‘Net: a great place to start for information about candidates and key [...]

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While researching this article, I stumbled upon a humorous rant from a woman entitled, “If Men Got Pregnant.” Now, while I’m not in the business of making fun of anyone, I couldn’t help but notice, among things like “There’d be a cure for stretch marks” and “Morning sickness would rank as [...]

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The Web offers terrific resources and information on identifying, reporting, redressing and understanding sexual harassment and discrimination at work and in school. Two landmark bills — Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title IX of the 1972 Education Act — made discrimination based on sex, race or religion [...]

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The first time I held a .22 at the shooting range, I imagined what might happen if I aimed and fired it at the person next to me instead of the target. It’s not that I wanted to kill him, but it was so hard to believe this little, shiny piece of [...]

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