When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit.

Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful.

Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

As a woman, I know that if I write about another woman, it will be perceived as a catfight.

Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend.