stay at home mom had no dignity. joining us now is connie shultz. pulitzer price winning columnist for creator syndicate. connie, a great pleasure to see you. it s wonderful to be back in touch with you, chris. congratulations, by the way on the great reporting you did on this. thank you very much. it was largely my staff. i can t take that much credit. aren t you a generous person. congratulations to all of you. well, you know, i guess my first question is, how we move this conversation somewhere substantive. the reason i wanted to talk to you, you ve written incredibly eloquently and empathetically about the struggle of working women, when we say working, whether outside the home, or being a mother full time and trying to make ends meet in that respect. the struggles they face and the ways economic realities intersect with that. that seems to have been completely stricken from the conversation we ve been having for the last week. it s a lot of cynicism at work here starting