Erica Jong

Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.