IF YOU haven’t heard, the Hollywood biopic “Rodham,” by South Korean screenwriter Young Il Kim, has raised a lot of interest in movie land. As people look to the potential 2016 candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton, her life as one of the many young lawyers involved in Nixon impeachment is the stuff of presidential biography. [...]
About Taylor Marsh
Veteran political analyst and author. Former Miss Missouri, Broadway performer, & relationship consultant at the LA Weekly, produced a one-woman show titled "Weeping for JFK."Author Archive | Taylor Marsh
19 Wounded in Mother’s Day Shooting in New Orleans
IT’S unfathomable. A shooting during a Mother’s Day parade wounds 19 people, including children. You have to ask yourself what is it going to take before conservative senators in Congress send a message to people that America’s so-called “gun culture” doesn’t mean turn our cities into the wild west. From CNN: Abdul Aziz believes he [...]
Barbara Walters to Make it Official
IT WILL be made official today on “The View.” Barbara Walters, the first female anchorman in the television business, is retiring after 37 years, calling it a career. For Barbara Walters, it certainly has been quite a career. Over the next year she’ll be on the show she created, do prime-time news programs, as well [...]
Seth Meyers to NBC “Late Night”
THE NEWS was announced Sunday and it made me giddy. Seth Meyers gets the nod and will follow Jimmy Fallon, who’s going to “The Tonight Show” next February. It’s a knock out line up for NBC. Lorne Michaels is going to be a very busy man. From the New York Times: Mr. Meyers, the longtime [...]
Greg Hicks Gets Scrutiny, as Diplomats Evacuated from Libya
Growing concerns over protests roiling Libya prompted the State Department to begin evacuating some diplomats from Tripoli, as the Pentagon put troops stationed at nearby European bases on high alert. [Washington Post] YOU READ that correctly, amid the furor over the testimony of Greg Hicks, the Washington Post is reporting we’re evacuating some diplomats from [...]
Mothers, Caregivers, and Nurturers
GARDEN season is so much fun. It makes mothers out of us all. That Mother’s Day comes at the height of it seems fitting. Our pond this year is wonderful. The frogs survived winter, I’m happy to report. We’ve already started treating it to ward off mosquitos, but living so close to the Potomac River, [...]
The Furor Over the Benghazi Talking Points Rewrite
**UPDATED** IT’S the obsessions of the week, the rewrites of the Benghazi talking points. It won’t keep another Benghazi style attack from happening again or keep our embassy personnel safer. It’s politics, just like when George W. Bush marketed his Iraq war campaign prior to the 2002 election. In a development that happened this afternoon, [...]
Judge Denies Obama Appeal on Plan B
THE Obama administration’s appeal on Plan B has been denied by the judge, who slammed President Obama and Secretary Sebelius’s obvious political stunt to appease political conservatives in both parties. The judge called Secretary Sebelius out for ignoring the science of Plan B, writing she “lacks any medical or scientific expertise,” which applies to President [...]
Woman Survives in Bangladesh: ‘Never dreamed I’d see daylight’
THIS WEEK, as we hear of the miracle of a woman pulled from the garment factory wreckage in Bangladesh, what we’ve watched has evolved into the women’s international edition of real life survival. From Cleveland to Bangladesh, women have come through unimaginably harrowing ordeals. From NBC News, the latest story from Bangladesh: “I heard voices [...]
Dr. Katz and America’s “Fat” Week
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “If you’re not obsessed with food and, for that matter, sex, you’re not really normal. Because food and sex are about survival and obsession with them is hard-wired into us. Food is about surviving in our own lifetime. Sex is about surviving as [...]
The RNC Benghazi Ad Romney Didn’t Run
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. US News | Syria News | More ABC News Videos IT’S an exclusive from ABC News, the RNC Benghazi ad that Mitt Romney wouldn’t let them run. Why? Because it might distract people from his pitch on the economy. Let’s think about that for one second. The only [...]
Who Doesn’t Like Joe Biden?
THE MAN who wants to be the next president, Joe Biden, has done a Rolling Stone interview. It begins where you think it would, debating between he and the woman that is very much on the minds of Republicans. But can he get elected president at 74? If he’s up against Chris Christie, I just [...]
Stewart Slams Republicans, They Target Hillary
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Is this an impeachable offense? No. Will Hillary Clinton’s evident involvement in the revision of the administration’s line on Benghazi harm her presidential chances in 2016? No. Will this be of great political utility to Republicans? No. Will [...]
Martha’s Match.com Men-apalooza on “Today”
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The 71-year-old media mogul received more than 20,000 page views within days after loading her profile on to the site. She then weeded through 1,000 date requests before singling out a pair of possible matches: Larry and Stan. “I’m slightly apprehensive, but not [...]
Ariel Castro: Never Accept a Ride with a Stranger
THE moral of the Ariel Castro abduction tale is an old warning given to most young girls from their parents or guardians. Onil and Pedro Castro were both booked, but only Ariel Castro was charged with kidnapping and rape. Ariel Castro’s documented history is harrowing: A 2005 court filing obtained by the Cleveland newspaper says [...]
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