Daily Archives: 01/23/2007

Mom in Chief? Mom of the House? The political mommy-track

01/23/2007 Posted by under Democrats, Election, Politics
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Betsy at Betsy’s page has a great post discussing the political mommy-track. I guess there must be some people out there whose hearts melt at the thought of mothers running for public office and relate to women talking about what they learned from raising their children. I’m just not one of them. I think this…

Some equal time for Gov. Richardson – sort of

01/23/2007 Posted by under Democrats, Election, Politics
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Governor Richardson announces his presidential exploratory committee on YouTube. The times – they are a changin’ (apologies to Bob Dylan) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p7KL87heVQ] In Espanol [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YofibCbPcRE] Why didn’t Hillary and Barack think of that?

Alzheimer's vaccine 'in a patch'

01/23/2007 Posted by under Health
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I have a personal interest in this story.  You’re probably thinking that I’m concerned about older loved ones in my life (or myself).  Actually, it’s my four year old son with whom I’m concerned.  He has Down syndrome and 25% of adults with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s disease by the age of 40.  65%…