This difficult time in Gaza has flamed many comments and much anger. My late-husband, Chaim Stern, was liturgist for the reform movement of Judaism. I will let some of his writings speak for me with hopes that they help in further discussions of difficult and complex problems ahead. They are...

This month, the New York Times featured an op-ed titled, "A Ballot Buddy System."
The concept in the piece is a creative idea which bypasses the need for an impossible-to-pass Constitutional amendment to change the unfair electoral vote to a popular vote.

The creator of this new...

I will not resolve to:

Lose 10 pounds. When I do, I don't. So if I don't, maybe I will.

Quit smoking. Why should I? I don't smoke.

Learn Spanish. It's too damn late. I can't even remember English.

Learn to play the piano. See above. I can take up...

Here's the annual list of 2008's most fascinating solo women, prepared for my website, sololady.com. Remember, women on this list are everything but married. Comments and additions are welcomed from the HuffPost community.

In alphabetical order:

Katie Couric -- Ever-perky, cougar-kitten Katie redeemed her previously lousy ratings with...

Some of us don't celebrate Christmas.

It isn't easy for us, ignoring the sidewalk Santas and never getting caroled and not decorating trees with ornaments we collect over the years, and not sending out Christmas cards, and not singing the Jesus part of Silent Night.

I like eggnog, I...

Today the designated electors officially choose our next president. And today's (12/15/08) New York Times features an op-ed titled, "A Ballot Buddy System." (I copied the article below.)

The concept in the piece is a creative idea which bypasses the need for an impossible-to-pass Constitutional amendment to change the unfair...

You may have never heard of her until now, but Odetta was one of the best known voices of the 1950s and 60s. She sang a mix of folk, blues and gospel in a soaring, classically trained voice -- nuanced, deep and expressive. And she made a difference:

--- Rosa...

With a tanking economy and terror incidents like the recent one in Mumbai targeting hotels, transport, restaurants -- and Westerners-- the temptation is for American travelers, notoriously squeamish, to stay put.

No way. These are the very times we need to get out into the world to enjoy, relax,...

When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure."

Back story first: A community organizer and her savvy daughter invited me down to...

On a blue-sky May day while researching a guidebook on Belgium, I traveled to a small town called Ieper, better known as Ypres, 75 miles west of Brussels. Those poppy-strewn Flemish flatlands have been the site of recorded battles from the time of Julius Caesar to "The War to End...

In this time of hope, permit a look back and a shout-out.

This past Tuesday morning Hillary and Bill voted at the Grafflin school in nearby Chappaqua. As usual they schmoozed with the locals and hung around after. He's become the squire of this suburban town, and likes to slide...

Like many of us, I'm sharing this historic night with family and friends and I have high hopes that it will be a celebration .

A few tips:

-- Have cameras and video ready to go.

-- Put out a buffet table so people can graze, and keep...

In 2000, 537 Florida votes changed history, and we've suffered mightily since. That's why it's crucial to get out every vote possible next Tuesday, and not forget about the cohort which numbers over a quarter of the electorate: single women.

Before the Pennsylvania primary CNN commented, "...it is the unmarried,...

This is ridiculous. I've been tossing for almost an hour now. Should I take part of a pill? No, I'll turn on the TV with the sleep element. 30 minutes, no 60. Too loud. I don't want to hear the words. Just the noise. Repeat of Larry King. Michael Moore...

Today I signed and mailed my Florida absentee ballot for this historic election. Hard for me to believe, but my first presidential vote was for Lyndon Johnson, who later passed The Voting Rights Act at a time when blacks were frequently denied that right, let alone the possibility of becoming...

One statement at a recent McCain rally in Wisconsin caught my attention: "I am begging you, sir. I am begging you." That was the plea of McCain supporter James T. Harris, an African-American radio host in Milwaukee. He was asking McCain to go after Obama's Reverend Wright connection.

But McCain...

I was in a hotel room in Quebec, Canada breaking up with the man I had been living with (on and off) for five years, when that white Bronco came on the TV at the foot of our bed. We stopped breaking up and stayed together through most of the...

It's National Singles Week (Sept 21-27), for those of us who are everything but married, who now comprise the majority of households, according to latest stats. Because we're marrying later and living longer, many of us will spend most of our adult lives single. And if we outlive our spouse,...

The Obama team is suddenly making a huge effort to gain women's votes, but many die-hard Hillary supporters -- dozens of my acquaintances -- remain bruised and confused. The fact that Palin is on the ticket when HRC wasn't even vetted may turn out to have been the major gaffe...

When I was a kid my Aunt Hilda took me to Gettysburg, where thousands of Union and Confederate troops battled to bloody deaths. Try as I might to conjure up the awfulness and randomness and loss, to me it still looked like a field.

Not so the gentle ground near...