Karen Bender

My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.

Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job interview.

What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up?

I have been given permission to announce that I and others from 'All My Children' have been approached by the company Prospect Park, who bought 'AMC,' with the intention to move it online.

We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured. But the big problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data.

Identity theft involving these cards is a growing form of white collar crime, facilitating illegal immigration, banking and accounting fraud, tax evasion, and other nefarious activities.