In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce. It creates a lot of anger and emotional hardship. People may become quite depressed.

In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.

Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.

You still don't like the idea of gay marriage? Then, as my friend, the economist Julianne Malveaux, says: Don't marry a gay person. Case closed, problem solved.