I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.

I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.

The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.

I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.

In my family, we were on again off again Unitarians, partly because my father, raised Roman Catholic, had had enough of church.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of them fans of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, a major champion of positive thinking. But I've got plenty of ancestors who played out more tortured hands.

I try to balance work and family. As long as I'm able physically and mentally to do it, I will.