I Grew Up In A Dictatorship In

As A Young Woman, I Attended Witwatersrand University In Johannesburg, South Africa, Which Was Then Not Segregated. But I Witnessed The Weight Of Apartheid Everywhere Around Me.

Water Is Necessary, And Then Generators, And Then Food, And Then Clothes.

Political Campaigns Are The Graveyard Of Real Ideas And The Birthplace Of Empty Promises.

I Mention My Age Because I Find People In This Country - Women, Not Men, Of Course - Women Are So Troubled By Their Age. There's A Culture Of Youth, And It's A Phony Culture.

My Right To Speak My Mind, To Have A Voice, To Be What Some Have Called 'opinionated' Is A Right I Deeply And Profoundly Cherish. My Only Hope Is That, One Day Soon, Women Who Have All Earned The Right To Their Opinions -- Instead Of Being Called 'opinionated' Will Be Called Smart And Well-informed, Just Like Men.