Archive for December, 2009

My column, “Mags show just how far women have come,” ran in today’s USA Today. I talk about how Ladies’ Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and the other major titles have changed since 1959. The answer? Quite a bit! Our housekeeping obsession is pretty much over; there’s a reason the term “homemaker” has now become “stay-at-home mom.”

As a side note, this was also my first photo credit in USA Today. Fun stuff.

My op-ed, “Obama’s Free Agent Draft,” ran in AOL’s new digital newspaper, called Sphere, today. It’s an interesting idea– I mean AOL’s newspaper, not my op-ed, though of course I think my columns are interesting too! Can an upstart without legacy costs come in and make a profit in a business where the old guard is dying? Think Nucor entering the steel industry after the old American steel industry went kaput. Stay tuned to find out!

I have an essay on the Taste page of the Wall Street Journal today called “Seen and Not Heard in Church.” Judging from the comments page on the website, this topic — whether children should attend worship services — gets people a little riled up one way or the other!