Red Skirt/Blue Skirt by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman

Red Skirt: Hug the children, not the trees
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on May 13th, 2008

As we face a rerun of the 70's with the old liberal policies of Dem presidential candidate Barack Obama (who ...

Blue Skirt: Seeing the light
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on May 2nd, 2008

There’s an old saying that goes, “a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged.” So what is a liberal? A ...

Blue Skirt: 10 questions I’d like to ask McCain
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Apr 23rd, 2008

The debates preceding the Pennsylvania primary were notable for the questions that did NOT get asked. Whether you are a ...

Blue Skirt: So, whaddya think?
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Apr 16th, 2008

We liberals are an open-minded bunch. So I’m wondering, anything particular on your mind out there? Are there big policy ...

Red Skirt remembers
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Apr 15th, 2008

I'm already worried about losing my memory. My now young adult children tease me that it's one of the first ...

Blue Skirt: Enough, already!
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Apr 8th, 2008

I don’t know about you, but I am getting nomination fatigue. In my last blog, I said would vote for ...

Red Skirt: Obama's Millennial Stumble?
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Mar 24th, 2008

(Blue Skirt and I are posting independently now, so she may or may not take a crack at this. She ...

Blue Skirt: Geraldine Ferraro didn’t go far enough
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Mar 14th, 2008

People who watch politics like hawks have been chattering indignantly about Clinton-supporter Geraldine Ferraro’s remarks about Barack Obama and race. ...

Red Skirt: Look clearly at Obama's merits, flaws
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Mar 14th, 2008

Blue Skirt: "I am an Obama supporter, and I do so because he IS a Black man." "I am a ...

Red Skirt: It's always the right time for RED
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Feb 17th, 2008

It's time for some RED! Red roses, red velvet cake, red dresses, even RedSkirts! What do women want? Flowers and ...

Blue Skirt: She May be Red, but She’s Singing the Health Care Blues
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Feb 17th, 2008

Well, it’s Valentine’s Day, and I should be thinking red, but of course, I’m as constitutionally capable of that as ...

Blue Skirt: A Choice Between Good and Great
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Feb 5th, 2008

About a month ago, I wrote a piece for this website called “I ♥ Huckabee.” It was at the height ...

Red Skirt: Economy calls for Romney
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Feb 5th, 2008

The headlines last Friday were about the economy. The first job losses since 2003. In Illinois we've lost manufacturing jobs ...

Blue Skirt: I Huckabee
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Jan 3rd, 2008

(NB: By the time you read this, the Iowa caucus will have taken place, and the entire calculus of the ...

Red Skirt: Liberals for Huckabee
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Jan 3rd, 2008

Blue Skirt loves Huckabee. There's no better illustration that Huckabee is not a conservative. Except for life and the 2nd ...

Blue Skirt: Shopping at the mall while Rome burns
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Nov 16th, 2007

A few days ago, on the Huffington Post, there was a side story that beckoned for attention. “Gisele Refuses to ...

Red Skirt: Monetary Models
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Nov 16th, 2007

For a time we had the phrase "buy your stocks where you buy your socks." Now I guess it's buy ...

Red Skirt: In League with liberals
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Oct 15th, 2007

I received an e-mail from a friend some time ago, commenting on this story about an upcoming League of Women ...

Blue Skirt: What’s the meaning of 'fair and balanced'?
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Oct 15th, 2007

Red Skirt is venting considerable fury at (of all things) the League of Women Voters. What has her particularly vexed ...

Blue Skirt: What Do Women Want?
Posted by Anne Leary and Alice Lieberman on Sep 20th, 2007

... Or Which Women Want What? Every once in a while I like to read the opinion pages of the ...