Are American kids overdiagnosed, overmedicated, overburdened with acronyms and diagnoses? In We've Got Issues, Judith Warner has a surprising answer.
Writes Judith Warner in today's New York Times, "Her story made them believe something good about themselves. It was a kind of Everywoman's fable: behind the imperfect physical shell, a gem of inner beauty resides. And is loved and recognized."
Bullying is in the news again. And it prompted one writer to look back at that painful time when half the world's a scapegoat:
"It's girls-gone-wild feminism for 40-somethings. It's ridiculous and belittling and it stinks of another round of backlash… All the most cartoonish aspects of boorish middle-aged masculinity… [Courteney Cox's character is] so very pitiful." — Judith Warner. We suspected. [NY Times]
Tina Brown continued her belittlement campaign against Hillary Clinton today, telling Morning Joe that Clinton "needs to get back in the gym." Will this "tide of trivialization," as the Times' Judith Warner calls it, keep Clinton from doing her job?
NY Times Op-Ed contributor Judith Warner in today's "Domestic Disturbances" column: "I don't for a moment begrudge Hillary her victory on Tuesday. But if victory came for the reasons we've been led to believe - because women voters ultimately saw in her, exhausted and near defeat, a countenance that mirrored their own…
