If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

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.

We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down.