I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially nursing, secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get my teacher's certificate.

It was while starting my business that I saw my first glimpse of government's impact on business.

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

I lived in Meadowbrook. I went to church at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. I went to school at Meadowbrook Elementary School and then Meadowbrook Middle School. I learned to dance at Meadowbrook Country Club. All those things grounded me in one place and I think most of Fort Worth is just like the area I grew up in.

The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network.

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense.

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific issue, it can and must be effective.