Not just another Joan Walsh blog!
Joan Walsh
- Location
- San Francisco, California, US
- Birthday
- September 18
- Title
- Editor in chief
- Company
- Salon Media Group
- Bio
- I'm Salon's editor. I'm Nora's mom. I'm Sadie's...person/slave. And I'm your friend!
MY RECENT POSTS
- Me on Open Salon
December 19, 2009 03:04AM - I keep getting more thankful
November 26, 2009 01:22AM - Obama's lonely peace prize
October 09, 2009 10:45PM - Joan's book club: "The Clinton
Tapes"
September 30, 2009 11:48PM - Second year of college?
August 27, 2009 11:55PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Sally, thanks for
letting me know about this --
I'm on
vacation, and I haven't
be…”
July 08, 2010 12:08AM - “Thanks to you and Emma.
This is great news.”
April 19, 2010 09:02PM - “What an adorable face. I
am so sorry for your
loss.”
April 19, 2010 12:51AM - “Wow, I got in! Lea, I
just tried to post on
Drewonimo's blog
today and
failed; th…”
April 18, 2010 12:10AM - “Eileen, thanks for your
thoughts, I hope you
stick
around!”
April 10, 2010 12:09AM
July 08, 2010 12:08AM
“Sally, thanks for letting me know about this -- I'm on vacation, and I haven't been as present on OS as I want anyway. Deven, I'll reach out to you in…”
About: There Are No Words, Just Love for Deven and Ben
“Sally, thanks for letting me know about this -- I'm on vacation, and I haven't been as present on OS as I want anyway. Deven, I'll reach out to you in…”
About: There Are No Words, Just Love for Deven and Ben
April 19, 2010 12:51AM
“What an adorable face. I am so sorry for your loss.”
About: All Good Dogs Go To Heaven
“What an adorable face. I am so sorry for your loss.”
About: All Good Dogs Go To Heaven
April 18, 2010 12:10AM
“Wow, I got in! Lea, I just tried to post on Drewonimo's blog today and failed; then tried to post here, and clicking on Post a comment just threw me ba…”
About: Joan Walsh, Where Are You? We Miss You!
“Wow, I got in! Lea, I just tried to post on Drewonimo's blog today and failed; then tried to post here, and clicking on Post a comment just threw me ba…”
About: Joan Walsh, Where Are You? We Miss You!
April 10, 2010 12:09AM
“Eileen, thanks for your thoughts, I hope you stick around!”
About: The Culture of OS: A Newbie's Take
“Eileen, thanks for your thoughts, I hope you stick around!”
About: The Culture of OS: A Newbie's Take
March 22, 2010 11:44AM
“Thank you for this post, and for all your work on Open Salon. I hadn't thought about how recently (and perhaps unreliably) nuns were given health insur…”
About: Catholic Scoreboard: Nuns and Laity 2, Bishops 0
“Thank you for this post, and for all your work on Open Salon. I hadn't thought about how recently (and perhaps unreliably) nuns were given health insur…”
About: Catholic Scoreboard: Nuns and Laity 2, Bishops 0
January 20, 2010 07:38PM
“Kressskin, I just want to give you, and Obama, a big hug. And then I'd give Obama a kick in the keister and send him back to punch those bullies who ju…”
About: My So Called Presidency
“Kressskin, I just want to give you, and Obama, a big hug. And then I'd give Obama a kick in the keister and send him back to punch those bullies who ju…”
About: My So Called Presidency
January 03, 2010 01:14PM
“I'm in the middle of sophomore year, which has been easier than freshman year. But the big difference? This summer I got a puppy. Don't laugh -- well,…”
About: Good-bye Again
“I'm in the middle of sophomore year, which has been easier than freshman year. But the big difference? This summer I got a puppy. Don't laugh -- well,…”
About: Good-bye Again
December 29, 2009 05:56PM
“I care, Michael! Happy new year!”
About: Do You Really Care What I Think About EP's and Covers?
“I care, Michael! Happy new year!”
About: Do You Really Care What I Think About EP's and Covers?
December 19, 2009 03:13AM
“M. Chariot, being the mother of a daughter reaching the very end of her teen years (she turns 20 in January; yes, I was a teen mother! It is so kind of…”
About: Deck the Halls with Blood and Folly
“M. Chariot, being the mother of a daughter reaching the very end of her teen years (she turns 20 in January; yes, I was a teen mother! It is so kind of…”
About: Deck the Halls with Blood and Folly
December 18, 2009 03:38PM
“This is a really great post, thanks Dennis and Cat!”
About: 5 Things You Need to Know About Open Salon
“This is a really great post, thanks Dennis and Cat!”
About: 5 Things You Need to Know About Open Salon
December 15, 2009 03:16AM
“I only care because I'm following the season through @harrislacewell, and I she made me figure out what the hell #whodat meant! But now I'm on board. A…”
About: Who Dat Nation!
“I only care because I'm following the season through @harrislacewell, and I she made me figure out what the hell #whodat meant! But now I'm on board. A…”
About: Who Dat Nation!
November 03, 2009 03:38AM
“Assuming you don't have any rights to visit her? If so, that just seems so cruel. Why do we bother recruiting foster parents if our social services are…”
About: Halloween and the holidays, minus one
“Assuming you don't have any rights to visit her? If so, that just seems so cruel. Why do we bother recruiting foster parents if our social services are…”
About: Halloween and the holidays, minus one
November 03, 2009 03:31AM
“Jimmy, I'm not reading any other comments here, I'm sure our great friends said all the right things. I just want to say, I admire you for taking her o…”
About: A Day in Court (Updated)
“Jimmy, I'm not reading any other comments here, I'm sure our great friends said all the right things. I just want to say, I admire you for taking her o…”
About: A Day in Court (Updated)
November 03, 2009 03:21AM
“This is a great sad post. Good hospice usually takes care of everything you're worried about. You just have to keep her focused on talking about your f…”
About: I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy!
“This is a great sad post. Good hospice usually takes care of everything you're worried about. You just have to keep her focused on talking about your f…”
About: I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy!
November 03, 2009 02:47AM
“I shouldn't laugh at what is either spam or a heartfelt if inappropriate expression of squirrel joy, since I'm Salon's editor -- but I'm on vacation! S…”
About: Live-blogging the pre-labor.
“I shouldn't laugh at what is either spam or a heartfelt if inappropriate expression of squirrel joy, since I'm Salon's editor -- but I'm on vacation! S…”
About: Live-blogging the pre-labor.
November 03, 2009 01:36AM
“But where are squirrel's priorities? Pokey, or not? I think Chicago Squirrel Jr. is the perfect name, myself.”
About: Live-blogging the pre-labor.
“But where are squirrel's priorities? Pokey, or not? I think Chicago Squirrel Jr. is the perfect name, myself.”
About: Live-blogging the pre-labor.
October 24, 2009 01:34PM
“tomreedtoon, your comment made me laugh. Are you serious, though? Davi d E, c'mon. I've forgiven YOU for calling me the C-word way back then! Let's be fr…”
About: Why Joan Walsh should get a restraining order against me
“tomreedtoon, your comment made me laugh. Are you serious, though? Davi d E, c'mon. I've forgiven YOU for calling me the C-word way back then! Let's be fr…”
About: Why Joan Walsh should get a restraining order against me
October 23, 2009 07:11PM
“I LOVED Soupy Sales. A few years after his heyday, I was probably around 9 or 10, my mom was on a business trip with my father and she spotted him in t…”
About: So Long Soupy
“I LOVED Soupy Sales. A few years after his heyday, I was probably around 9 or 10, my mom was on a business trip with my father and she spotted him in t…”
About: So Long Soupy
October 23, 2009 07:09PM
“It happened exactly this way, I'm sorry to say.”
About: Why Joan Walsh should get a restraining order against me
“It happened exactly this way, I'm sorry to say.”
About: Why Joan Walsh should get a restraining order against me
October 16, 2009 12:08AM
“I may not get there with Rush either because I hurt my entire body laughing at this.”
About: Conservative Like Me: The Rush Limbaugh Story
“I may not get there with Rush either because I hurt my entire body laughing at this.”
About: Conservative Like Me: The Rush Limbaugh Story
October 15, 2009 01:59PM
“Steve, this was a great piece, well-written, chilling.”
About: The Message and Murder of a Pistol-Packing Soccer Mom
“Steve, this was a great piece, well-written, chilling.”
About: The Message and Murder of a Pistol-Packing Soccer Mom
October 13, 2009 12:21AM
“Oh man, I am so overmatched by my great comments. I really appreciate how many people walked the same path as me. And I appreciate those who didn't! Th…”
About: Obama's lonely peace prize
“Oh man, I am so overmatched by my great comments. I really appreciate how many people walked the same path as me. And I appreciate those who didn't! Th…”
About: Obama's lonely peace prize
October 11, 2009 03:17AM
“I rated this, you un-American asshole! Hoping an insomniac crystal-meth addict Obamabot would happen upon it, because I rated it, and make it his busin…”
About: LiLo's Nobel Week Disaster in Oslo
“I rated this, you un-American asshole! Hoping an insomniac crystal-meth addict Obamabot would happen upon it, because I rated it, and make it his busin…”
About: LiLo's Nobel Week Disaster in Oslo
October 06, 2009 06:55PM
“What a great interview. Thanks, Juliet!”
About: Ruth Reichl on David Foster Wallace and Magazines
“What a great interview. Thanks, Juliet!”
About: Ruth Reichl on David Foster Wallace and Magazines
Joan Walsh's Favorites
Updates
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True Colors
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Did Obama’s 1st Campaign Block a Film About his Aloha Years?
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Michael Douglas, Between the Candelabra
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Why I Support Keeping a Woman On British Banknotes
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Ben Sen's Obituary
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Thoughts on the Anniversary
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Apocalypse - Repost
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Breast Cancer and the Defender of the Joy of Life
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