A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman.

Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends.

Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?