As the guest on NBC’s Meet The Press this morning, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the topic of having a female president.  Below are of excerpts from the transcript.  You can see video here.
MR. DAVID GREGORY: And we’re back, our remaining moments with the secretary of state.
I want to ask you about something that you deal with all over the world, and that’s the topic of women in leadership. Here was a moment from Delhi University in India during your trip when you were asked a question.
(Videotape, Monday)
Unidentified Woman #2: …

Peggy Klaus was a guest on The New Agenda’s blog talk radio show, “Chewing the Fat with Ophelia” in February.  This essay originally appeared on The Huffington Post.  The New Agenda originally published an excerpt, and by request of the author’s representative we have updated the post to include the entire original text.  The author’s opinions are her own, not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
Photo of Peggy Klaus by Jim Wilson, NYT
In December 2008, when I was writing a commentary for the New York Times on how women often …

Hat Tip to Conservatives4Palin for the video.
While Mike Huckabee was sitting in for O’Reilly on FOX this week, Democratic Strategist Matthew Littman said:
I think Sarah Palin would be great on the Real Housewives of Wasilla…  She comes across really as quite a character, but not a figure that should be taken seriously on the national stage…
Washington Times reporter Amanda Carpenter countered:
To compare her to some tawdry character on a trashy TV show is insulting to someone who is the first woman vice presidential candidate within the Republican Party and a governor …

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When I was 8-years-old my life still centered on dolls and toys.   As far as I know, boys in my age group were concerned about whatever was the latest action figure tied commercially to some cartoon, sports, or trading cards.
Since this is my recollection of childhood I found it particularly disturbing to read about an 8-year-old girl in Arizona who was sexually assaulted by four boys ranging in age from 9 to 14.  By all accounts …

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I watch Bill O’Reilly. Wait!  Don’t go away.
Yes I watch the O’Reilly Factor.  Not religiously, but I watch it.  As a registered Libertarian I love his show and believe it or not he does come off as non-biased on quite a lot of issues, if you can get past the fact that he is Bill O’Reilly.  So when I heard about the altercation between Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and the CEO of the Black Chamber of Commerce Harry …

This piece is cross-posted from The Huffington Post.
Miley Cyrus in ELLE
I feel a conversation coming on. Yet again.
I’ve already had way too many conversations with my daughter well before the appropriate age. How many more times will the actions of our teenage tv stars prompt discussions on topics well before their time?
Miley Cyrus, aka “Hannah Montana” of the Disney Channel, is in the news again. Click here to see the Miley Cyrus that our young children see on their early evening tv shows. Barely recognizable to the “slutty and ready” …

While I was lecturing in a course on cultural and linguistic diversity required of individuals seeking their teaching degrees I inevitably got the a question about why a teacher couldn’t just see all her students as being the same and ignore their ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.  The simple (and sometimes not so simple) answer is that by ignoring these things you are ignoring a fundamental part of who the students in the classrooms are and devaluing the knowledge and background they bring into the classroom.
We also have to take care when …

This excerpt of an editorial originally published in the July 12, 2009, edition of The Observer, was reproduced on the website of The Carter Center.  It is under the “op-eds and speeches” section of the “news” tab.
I have been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to me, as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six …

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About three months ago I was searching around jobsites for, well, obviously for a job. I happened to stumble upon quite the site, WomenCo, a social networking site for career oriented women.
WomenCo is not just another job hunting site like Monster or Careerbuilder. As great as those things are I found a community of women, and yes some men, that have come together to network and discuss issues pertaining to all aspects of different careers. Everything from fashion to …