Recently a very interesting scientific study appeared – about how men and women differ in the degree of pleasure they get from revenge. But what was really startling about the published paper was the conclusion pronounced by the study’s lead scientist.
First let me tell you about the study. Scientists monitored the brain activity of thirty two male and female volunteers as they watched someone who had behaved badly to them apparently suffering pain. I say “apparently” because the sufferers were played by four actors. In the experiment, the actors played …

Traveling the country and meeting women who are inventing the rest of their lives is the best tonic for the front page of most newspapers these days. The headlines all seem to be about greed, duplicity, cravenness, selfishness, meanness and what Big Daddy labeled “mendacity” (in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”).
The women I meet, on the other hand, radiate humor, courage, generosity of spirit and purse, community and optimism. They are forthright and bold.
Recently in Phoenix, over 150 women came to hear me and ended up listening to each …