Let's get something straight. There is no ''women's vote.'' Women vote, of course. But reporters write about the ''voting bloc'' of white women as if it has meaning. It doesn't. Elections aren't about demography. They are about ways of life.Marketing people have known that large demographic categories like ''white women'' are meaningless since at ...

Our son insisted that we watch Sand and Sorrow on HBO last night, and I am filled with shame after seeing it: Not only has our government done little to stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur, but have I so much as dropped a note to my elected representatives? No. There are schoolgirls in Batavia, Ill., who have done more to raise awareness about the ...