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Mary Lyon is a veteran broadcaster ad five-time Golden Mike Award winner, who has anchored, reported, and written for the Associated Press Radio Network, NBC Radio "The Source," and many Los Angeles-area stations including KRTH-FM/AM, KLOS-FM, KFWB-AM, and KTLA-TV, and occasional media analyst for ABC Radio News. She began her career as a liberal activist with the Student Coalition for Humphrey/Muskie in 1968, and helped spearhead a regional campaign, "The Power 18," to win the right to vote for 18-year-olds. She remains an advocate for liberal causes, responsibility and accountability in media, environmental education and support of the arts for children, and green living. In addition to OpEdNews, Mary writes for Democrats.us, World News Trust, and WeDemocrats.org's "We! The People" webzine. Mary is also a parenting expert, having written and illustrated the book "The Frazzled Working Woman's Practical Guide to Motherhood."
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 31, 2007 When "Brownie" Meets "Jeffie"
As a retired journalist, let me just say ? I've gotta hand it to these people. As my late mother would have said, "they have more nerve than the guy who ate the first oyster." "They" in this case are our friends at the "new-and-improved" FEMA.
SHARE Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Why Alberto Gonzales Did a "Good" Job
George W. Bush has occasional accidents of honesty. The latest lapse occurred with his assessment of the legacy of Alberto Gonzales.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 7, 2007 The Bridge Too Far
The Minneapolis bridge isn't the only bridge that's broken. The bridge we have to build, as Americans, is that which links tax revenue to serving the greater public good.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 28, 2007 The Spoiled Sports
See how they run - with their ball, straight back home. The separate decisions by Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott and ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert to bail out early from Capitol Hill has left me with visions of hot kitchens dancing in my head. Too hot, apparently, for either of these gents. Why am I not surprised?
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 18, 2007 A Very Vitter Pill
The Perils of the Pecadillo, or how the DC Madam's latest goat endangered his Senate career, his reputation, his partisan pals, and his Significant Other Woman.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 14, 2007 All Roads Still Lead to Rove
"Bush's Brain" REALLY saying sayonara? I wouldn't bet the house (or the White House) on it.
SHARE Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Shock Treatment
Whether dissent is put down through cold shoulder or hot electric jabs, the frustration remains the same. Many of us are STILL not being heard.
SHARE Friday, November 23, 2007 Who's the Turkey Now?
I knew this would happen. On this week when most of America sits down to a bounteous turkey dinner, some chickens have started coming home to roost. And the taste is tender and juicy indeed.
Months ago, mid-gossip, I wrote on one of my favorite progressive political blog/chat sites that I thought we should all be keeping our eyes peeled for the "I Didn't Do It" books.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 8, 2007 St. Patrick and the Snakes
My reaction to the "fibby libby" verdicts, AND to the reactions from others. The ultimate conclusion to this trial will only be satisfactory if the many questions left unanswered by Patrick Fitzgerald's efforts are finally addressed.
SHARE Saturday, March 17, 2007 Torturing Alberto
Perhaps with the week he's been having, Alberto Gonzales feels like the guy with the hood and the wires attached to his fingers. And no wonder.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Something Wicked This Way Came
September 11th 2007 has only added insult to the injury of six years ago, as the reputation of yet another general becomes the latest casualty in the "War on Terror."