"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today First Lady Michelle Obama continued the long tradition of First Ladies donating their inaugural gowns to the Smithsonian. Mrs. Obama presented her 2009 inaugural gown to the National Museum of American History, joined by dress designer, Jason Wu, and thirty two aspiring young designers from the Huntington High School Fashion Program in New York. […]
If we enact health reform, it will restrict how much of your premium dollars can be spent on profits and overhead by requiring health insurance companies to spend 80-85% of the money they take in on care. That’s worth keeping in mind. Because right after the Insurance companies announced huge rate increases for families across the country, they gathered at t […]
Editors Note: Watch President Obama and the First Lady speak about the achievements of women around the world at a reception marking International Women’s Day. I grew up in a time when graduating from high school was an accomplishment, and expectations of young women were very low...especially for women of color. My high school guidance counselor told me tha […]