Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.

Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

When you are searching, don't loose what you already have.

It's not about who's going to let me; it's about who's going to stop me.

If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.

Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us.

The Great Snow! How cheerful it is to hear of!

I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.

What-ifs are for fools

Frugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly on—and then cutting costs mercilessly on the things you don’t love.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.