I've successfully lobbied and testified for stalking laws in several states, but I would trade them all for a high school class that would teach youn….

When dreaded outcomes are actually imminent we don't worry about themwe take action. Seeing lava from the local volcano make its way down the street ….

Throughout history, fairly arbitrary lines drawn on maps have determined who prospers and who needs, who eats and who starves, who attacks and who is….

You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations..

The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though the one happens rarely, and the….

Only human beings can look directly at something, have all the information they need to make an accurate prediction, perhaps even momentarily make th….

Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait..

Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death..

No matter how famous the victim, no matter how powerful the advocates, it simply isn't always possible to control the conduct of other people..

Every day people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in midthought, victims of violence and accidents. So when we wonder wh….

It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different - men and women live in different worlds. [...] At core, men a….

When a baby is born the mother in particular enters into a new larger relationship with the world. She has become connected to all people. She is par….

We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not ….

And why do we worship hindsight (as in the news media's constant rehash of the day, the week, the year) and yet distrust foresight, which actually mi….

intuition is always right in at least two important ways; It is always in response to something. it always has your best interest at heart.

The solution to violence in America is the acceptance of reality.

Persistence only proves persistence-it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn't mean you are special-it means he i….

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence..

"No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to hear "no" is a ….

Denial is a save now, pay later scheme..