Dec. 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
I thought this parenting stuff was supposed to get easier when the children got older. I have a bright and beautiful 20 year old daughter. She breezed through high school as an honor student, then got to college a year and a half ago and is barely - and I do mean barely - managing to remain in school. I just got her final grades for the past semester. Keeping in mind that she was on a part time schedule due to her dismal grades the first year, she managed to pull a C, a C- (both in her major) and a D. Was she busy working and not spending enough time...
Nov. 17, 2008 at 4:40 PM
The Obamas on "60 Minutes"
I
hope everyone caught the Obamas on "60 Minutes" last night. It was a
pinch-yourself interview with both the president-elect and his wife,
during which it seemed far too good to be true that two such smart,
relatable, incisive and direct people are just a few months away from
taking up residence on Pennsylvania Avenue.Below were some of my very favorite
moments of the interview as well as clips so that you can watch (or
rewatch). I will say off the bat that there was one regrettable,
1956-style moment at the very tail end of the sit-down,...