People with a college education are now less likely to divorce than they were a few decades ago, and they're more likely to describe their marriages as happy. That finding really surprised me. It appears that those with a higher education have been more able to dismantle strict traditional roles and, in doing so, gain more freedom. I call it a seesaw marriage, one in which both the man and the woman take turns being the breadwinner, making it possible for each of them to experience career advancements or breaks at different times.

Green jobs - those are jobs that feel like new economy jobs; they do require some training.

When women gain access to higher education and then suddenly start doing better at it than the men, that can really throw the prevailing social order out of balance. That's exactly what's happened in South Korea, which is a highly patriarchal society. They started educating women, and then they were no longer the women that society wants them to be. That caused a real cultural crisis.

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

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

I deeply believe that men and women need each other.

I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.