I'm Ready For My Close-Up, Ms. Winfrey- November 18, 2005 On Monday, Oprah Winfrey celebrated 20 years on the nation's airwaves with a special episode featuring the best and worst moments of her gargantuanly popular talkfest. The next day, she released "The Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection," a six-disk DVD on which she highlights favorite interviews and tells viewers "what I was really thinking."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/17/AR2005111702043.html?nav=r... Don't Let Poverty Numbers Obscure the Kids- November 11, 2005 Three days ago, before House Republican leaders were forced to scuttle a vote yesterday on a $54 billion budget-cutting bill that would have scaled back Medicaid, food stamp and student loan programs, I stood in line at the Nashville airport, wondering why so few Americans seemed outraged by this threat to some of our nation's poorest children.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111002243.html?nav=r... To Honor Parks, Stand Up, Demand More of America- November 4, 2005 When it comes to activism, some of us are sitters.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110302419.html?nav=r... |