Standing beside each brave servicemember is a spouse with their own unique professional dreams and career goals that shouldn't be stifled by the constant transitions that our military families are subjected to.

One of my key issues is economic empowerment.

What few realize is the unique role the North Country of New York played in advancing women's rights in the United States.

In a 21st-century economy, it is critical that we equip our nation's children with the tools they need to compete in a global marketplace.

Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is an arduous and nerve-wracking process.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers.

I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs.