Author: Jocelyn Noveck
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Changing families: 2 in 5 women would consider parenting solo
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As Christy Everson was nearing age 40, she made a decision: She wanted to have a child, even though she was single and it meant doing it alone. Her daughter, conceived via a sperm donor, is now 2 1/2 years old, and Everson hopes to have a second child. “Was it worthwhile? Well, I’m thinking…
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American as meat pie: Dish becoming more popular
NEW YORK • Consider the poor meat pie. Historically speaking, it hasn’t always had the best associations attached to it. “Is that just revolting?” sings Mrs. Lovett, the pie-shop owner in Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” the musical tale of meat pies gone seriously awry. “All greasy and gritty? It looks like it’s molting, And tastes…
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Yahoo CEO’s pregnancy reignites a perennial debate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK (AP) — “Another piece of good news today,” tweeted the expectant mom, announcing to her online followers that she and her husband are awaiting a baby boy. But this wasn’t just any excited…
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Yahoo CEO’s pregnancy reignites a perennial debate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK (AP) — “Another piece of good news today,” tweeted the expectant mom, announcing to her online followers that she and her husband are awaiting a baby boy. But this wasn’t just any excited…
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Why all the fuss over a first lady’s bare arms?
NEW YORK – The Right to Bare Arms. Sleevegate. Up in Arms. The Upper Body Stimulus Plan. If nothing else, the hullabaloo over Michelle Obama’s occasionally sleeveless attire, which reached a fever pitch this month, has unleashed a torrent of clever puns from headline writers – the better to distract us from that economic news…
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Ledger’s Legacy: A new generation’s James Dean?
NEW YORK – It was a decade ago, and director Gil Junger was seeking fresh talent for his upcoming movie, “10 Things I Hate About You.” He’d already seen 250 or 300 kids. In walked a young Australian TV actor looking for work. After a quick line reading and a bit of improv, “I was…
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Tall order for new 1st lady
NEW YORK • The moving trucks haven’t even arrived, and already Michelle Obama’s being touted as the next Jackie Kennedy, the woman who’ll infuse Washington with a sense of style and vigor not seen since the days of Camelot. Never mind that Obama has repeatedly indicated she’ll focus first and foremost on getting her daughters…
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In a bad economy, breaking up is even harder to do
NEW YORK • Bonnie Rabin is fond of saying that divorce lawyers are a bit like liquor stores. They’re busiest in the really good times, and the really bad. These, of course, would be the bad times. After all, “Money is the great source of stress in relationships,” says Rabin, one of five partners in…
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Empathy and questions for Elizabeth Edwards
There were so many questions to ask about John Edwards on Friday after he admitted the rumors of an affair were true. But the most poignant ones weren’t really about him.What, so many people wondered, about his wife, Elizabeth? The woman who experienced both tragedy and success by his side, who campaigned relentlessly for him,…
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Cancer warning adds to debate over cell phones
NEW YORK • When Amy Morris’ twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program’s request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter’s day camp were using cell phones they’d taken along in their…