There's almost no time for people like this to stop and enjoy life, to look up from the grindstone and feel relaxed and happy - and it pains me that there seems to be little interest in how much people are sacrificing in terms of quality of life just to get from one day to the next.

I don't mean to suggest that someone like Hillary doesn't deserve admiration for her work, but gosh - she and so many others have so many advantages, they don't worry about money or being able to afford to take their kids to the doctor, about losing a job if they have to take time off for illness, about paying the rent or the mortgage.  She's done much over her career to help people improve their lives - and I frankly think her talents would be better applied to these areas.

There are many men and women working hard at the grassroots level to help improve the lives of others - who establish food pantries and soup kitchens for those who don't have enough to eat, who set up after-school programs for kids, who run sports programs, who provide respite care for those who are caring for parents or other family members, who volunteer in libraries and hospitals and schools, who run literacy programs and drive cancer patients to treatments.