Welcome to My New Vlog

Hello, I’m Carole Simpson.  Welcome to my new video blog that I call W.O.W.—an acronym for Wise Old Woman. You may remember me as the anchor of the weekend news on ABC, or maybe as the first woman and first minority to moderate a presidential debate.

Why do I think I’m wise? Because I’ve been a television journalist for more than 40 years. I have traveled to 48 of the 50 states and 70 countries on five continents. I have covered death row inmates and heads of state, 4 presidents and Nobel scientists. When I watch what’s happening in our country, I sometimes I want to scream from the rafters. Better I should express my opinions, analysis, and criticism on a video blog.

I retired from teaching college this year, at age 78. It was suggested I might want to spend the rest of my life in warm and sunny Florida. Not me. As I fought race and sex discrimination, I have been fighting ageism. Older women have been shunted aside by our culture. It’s been said that an old woman could steal everything she wanted from a grocery store and nobody would have seen her.  Women over 65 are invisible in our society. But that is changing because older women are working into their seventies and remaining active in civic and public life.

Our voices need to be heard. I hope you will listen to mine. A different take on the issues of the day.  WOW. Check it out.