Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.

What I've found is that there is an enormous shift taking place in our society. Suddenly there are all young women who are better educated and earning more money than men their age. When young couples today decide to marry, they have very different expectations of one another than their parents did. And there's even been change at the very top of the career ladder. People tend to underestimate that.

Men need marriage more than women do. In fact, they need it to survive.

Ever since viewing screens entered the home, many observers have worried that they put our brains into a stupor. An early strain of research claimed that when we watch television, our brains mostly exhibit slow alpha waves - indicating a low level of arousal, similar to when we are daydreaming.

Pop culture is like our subconscious.

We can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children.

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.