Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.

Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.