This Is The Moment When

The History Of American Women Is All About Leaving Home - Crossing Oceans And Continents, Or Getting Jobs And Living On Their Own.

Unfortunately, He Was About As Deep As A Melted Ice Cube.

I Grew Up In One Of The Most Socially Conservative Neighborhoods In Ohio, And My Parents Were Traditional Catholics. But In Her Old Age, My Mother Got Her Home Health Care From A Guy Who Was Gay, Who Was Wonderful To Her. Before She Died, She Rode A Float In The Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade.

When The Women's Movement Started In The 1960s, There Was A Vision Of A Future Where Women Didn't Wear Makeup Or Worry About How Their Hair Looked, And Everybody Wore Sensible, Comfortable Clothes. It Ran Into An Absolute Brick Wall.

Phil Gramm Had A Stump Speech About How His Mother's Devotion Kept Him From Being An Academic Failure In Life. She Got Him Into A Special School That Turned Him Around - Under A Government Program For The Children Of Deceased Veterans. He Was Repeatedly Asked At Press Conferences Why He Would Then Turn Around And Support Draconian Cuts In Federal Funding For Education. He Never Had An Answer.