The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.

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There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

A finished person is a boring person.

A finished person is a boring person.

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to...

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to...

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another...

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...