The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News.

Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous.

What has the women’s movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro’s candidacy for vice president? Never get married.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on. In a way, the highest purpose of the Internet is to bring us together for empathy and action. After all, the reflector cells and empathy-producing chemicals in our brains only work when we're physically together with all five senses. You can't raise a baby online.