part of the problem with a war on poverty today is that many Americans have decided that being poor is a character defect, not an economic condition.

Anyone who has breast-fed knows two things for sure: The baby wants to be fed at the most inopportune times, in the most inopportune places, and the baby will prevail.... And so the baby should, and the mom, too. Sometimes a breast is a sexual object, and sometimes it's a food delivery system, and one need not preclude nor color the other.

Loss as muse. Loss as character. Loss as life.

I was doing the family grocery shopping accompanied by two children, an event I hope to see included in the Olympics in the near future.

I think the very best thing about the internet is that I can read all the London papers every day if I want to.

Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness because if you do you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.