The deepest change begins with men raising children as much as women do and women being equal actors in the world outside the home.

So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?

At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m “passing the torch.” I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless the majority is active and votes - but the opposition minority votes a much greater proportion, so we often lose by a narrow margin.

Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.