Sublime

income soared. “I work very hard from nine to noon,” she said. “Then I have lunch on my deck, look at the birds, and from one to two, I watch a soap opera while I read my mail. Then maybe I’ll work two more hours. I discovered, if I’m efficient and focused, I don’t really need to put in all those hours.” I was genuinely surprised at how many women,

I submit to you that the preeminent question in this case as you reach a decision about how best to satisfy the dual aims of this court is the same question that I asked Judge Neff to consider in Larry’s federal sentencing: How much is a little girl worth? How much is a young woman worth?

Perkins spent the twelve years of Roosevelt’s presidency doing more than anyone other than FDR himself to make the New Deal a reality. Everything on her list became law, most notably social security, changing the basic relation of Americans to their government. She also desegregated the Labor Department cafeteria, tried (and failed) to bring large