I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.

... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.

I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.

The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.

Women will have all the power one day anyway. It's just a matter of time.

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really had much religious experience.

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.

Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.

I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.

Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.

People should not be able to vote to take away the rights of others.

Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.