Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.

I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.

We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.

A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.