People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.

Michelle Obama has gone from political skeptic to political partner to a woman with a White House agenda of her own, and an approval rating higher than the president's.

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

The prospect that I could actually be a journalist triggered a 'Who do you think you are?' reaction in me. It was only in going to law school and being unhappy there that I realized that I really, really had to try it.

My second divorce was the worst kind of divorce. There were two children; one had just been born. My husband was in love with someone else.

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.