Freedom should always be discussed within the context of responsibility.

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.