Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.

There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary.