Stories by Helaine Olen
Helaine Olen has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Salon and other publications. She is an associate editor at LiteraryMama.com.
Gen X'ers don't deserve their slacker reputation, argues the author of
X Saves the World. After all, they can boast Google and Barack Obama.
Posted on Mar 22, 2008
Some heroize her. Some hate her. There's something about Hillary, but what is it?
Posted on Jan 31, 2008
Health care providers are increasingly pushing special credit cards as a way for the cash-strapped under-insured to cover their medical expenses. But then the bills start piling up.
Posted on Oct 3, 2007
In spite of being racked with debt, Gen X parents are increasingly pouring their paychecks into luxury items for their children that seem frivolous to the point of ridiculousness.
Posted on Aug 8, 2007
Even as a lucrative industry is making millions off of parents' desire to ensure that their kids are exceptional, public schools are cutting programs for children that are truly gifted.
Posted on Oct 18, 2006
All those pink books with purses and shoes on the cover are obscuring the publication of serious literature by women. At least, that's what the author of a new anti-chick lit anthology says.
Posted on Aug 11, 2006
