I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.

the women's movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion.

In the face of so much pain, I remain an incurable optimist. I am fueled by the passion of the women I have been privileged to meet and work with, buoyed by their hope for peace, justice, and democracy.

Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.