Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.

Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.

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.

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

Like art, political action gives shape and expression to the things we fear as well as to those we desire. It is a creative process, drawing on the power to imagine as well as to act.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.