Unlike some not so gracious winners in the past, she never had an enemies list. She never held it against someone that they had backed Rappaport, and she went out of her way to conciliate those people.

This event was really set up for the writing students at Pitt. The past winners are conducting student workshops that aren't for the public. We wanted to provide wide access to the writers for the students' sake.

She's got excellent educational and criminal justice credentials, and she has shown too that she has her own opinions by breaking with the governor on the (emergency contraception) bill.

We're all expecting an announcement relatively soon, one way or the other as to whether (Romney) is going to run. If he is not going to run, especially with Charlie Baker leaving, that makes Kerry Healey the front-runner, and I think she could win. She's done a remarkable job winning over the Rappaport people who were very skeptical of her abilities.

I still have people from my past who treat me wrong, i thank them for making me strong.

Belarus is stuck in the past. Before you, Belarus had no enemies, and now we have enemies everywhere... Belarus today is a pariah country.