The unemployment rate among the young in the United States is still very disconcerting, although we all know it's nowhere near as bad as it is in some of the European countries, where in some places it approaches 50 percent.

Socialized medicine, some still cry, but it's long been socialized, with those covered paying for those who are underinsured. American medicine is simply socialized badly, penny wise and pound foolish.

I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning. I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth.

Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. We human beings are best understood one at a time.

The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and tortuous.

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

Today is the only guarantee you get.