Like so many who grew up in the Depression, his fear of poverty colored his life. He could not stand personal waste. If one of my brothers or I forgot to screw the cap back on the toothpaste tube, my father threw it out the bathroom window. We would...
Each summer, as children, my brother and I spent most of August at the cottage Grandpa Rodham had built in 1921 about twenty miles northwest of Scranton in the Pocono Mountains overlooking Lake Winola. The rustic cabin had no heat except for the cas...
Neither was willing to care for their children, so they sent their daughters alone on a 3-day train trip from Chicago to Alhambra in California to live with their paternal grandparents. My mother's grandfather, Edwin Sr., a former British sailor, le...
I wasnt born a first lady or a senator. I wasnt born a Democrat. I wasnt born a lawyer or an advocate for womens rights and human rights. I wasnt born a wife or mother. I was born an American in the middle of the twentieth century, a fortunate time...
In 1959, I wrote my autobiography for an assignment in Mrs. Kings sixth grade. In twenty-nine pages, most half-filled with earnest scrawl, I described my parents, brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two yea...
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Hillary Clinton is no stranger to scrutiny, and once again her appearance is creating controversy. Last week on the Senate floor Clinton wore a low-cut blouse that showed a little bit of cleavage if you look closely there. Washington Post style repo...
The big news over last few weeks, Bill Clinton reemerging on the campaign trail, here he was in Iowa last week. I know some people sort of say well, you know, look at them, they are old. And they are sorta yesterdays news, you know. Well, yesterdays...
And we turn now to the campaign trail. Just one day after closing the books on fundraising for the first quarter, some early returns on what many are calling the first Primary. Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign announced today it has raised a record...
on Can you make a difference? Julianni courts New Hampshire. Richardson works Reno,Kucinich takes his heart to San Francisco. And former governor Mike Huckabee joins the Republican roster. The '08s were out in force this weekend. But the greatest of...
