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On Tuesday, August 31, after more than seven years of war, President Obama officially ended the United States’ combat mission in Iraq, enabling all remaining American troops to arrive home safely by the end of next year. It is something to celebrate, the saving of lives, except for the 4,746 deceased American combatants for whom this decision has come too late.
How do we learn from this experience of the wasted and lost …

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The current media frenzy about the latest female celebrity to replace her last name with that of her new spouse is sure to infuriate long-standing feminists who have fought long and hard for women to keep their maiden names …or not. You see, this time, the rules have changed, and they have been forever changed by Portia DeRossi.
The 37-year-old actress has filed a petition in a Los Angeles court to change her name from …

The following article is cross-posted from Newswomen’s Blog with the permission of the author. The opinions expressed there are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
To celebrate my 50th birthday earlier this month, I invited the author of the book, “50 Is The New 50,” Suzanne Braun Levine, to be a guest on my weekly radio show, “Juggling Act.” While she discussed the many benefits associated with embarking on this new decade of female freedom and independence called, “Second Adulthood,” …