Some people make stuff; other people have to buy it. And when we gave up making stuff, starting in the 1980s, we were left with the unique role of buying... We've shopped till we dropped alright, face down on the floor.

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.

The war with Iraq ... had to be one of the greatest non sequiturs in military history. Attacked by a gang composed largely of Islamic militants from Saudi Arabia, the United States countered by invading an unrelated country, and one of the most secular in the Middle East at that.

Consider the standard two-person married couple. ... They will share a VCR, a microwave, etc. This is not a matter of ideology or even personal inclination. It is practically the definition of marriage. Marriage is socialism among two people.

There's more pressure on women to be chirpy and perky.

Cheerfulness, up to and including delusion and false hope, has a recognized place in medicine.

Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss.