TED2012 kicked off on February 27, and runs for four fantastic days. TEDsters around the world are glued to their #TED2012 livestreams (Yay TED Live!), #Twitter streams, and the TED…

Here’s the astonishingly interesting line-up (in alphabetical order by first name), of amazing women who rocked the stage at TED2012. (There may have been one or two more due to…

My 56th birthday will be/is/was Saturday January 28th, and I’m a classic Aquarian through and through. As with most astrological signs, there’s both good and “not so good” in that…

Coming later today! Like just about everything, the art of creating quotable quotes can be learned. Once you know how, playing with ideas and words is easy, enjoyable and empowering….

Like just about everything, the art of creating quotable quotes can be learned. Once you know how, playing with ideas and words is easy, enjoyable and empowering. It can also…

When CNN interviewer Jonathan Mann asked the 2011 trio of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: “Is there any sense that you are here because of tokenism? Sexism…? That you’re all just…

Yesterday, after a very long silence, I got an email from my Japanese friend Fukiko, who has been on my mind frequently of late. Coincidentally, The Honest Courtesan, an interesting blog I…

We don’t have enough women journalists reporting on the news of the world, just as we lack women in most areas of human endeavor. Here are a few examples of…

Today I leave my Mom (Pinkie Patti) again. Each time it gets harder and harder, because the next time I see her, if there is a next time, I know…

One of the biggest tragedies of 9/11, besides the loss of life on the day and in the violent aftermath, is the hatred that was fostered between peoples around the…