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She Would Have Turned 60 Today
I wrote this in 2010, but have not published it until today, February 28, 2020. I wrote the headline today, but I have not otherwise updated time references. Twenty-seven years ago, on October 16, 1983, a deeply troubled young woman let go of her last hold on life, and tumbled off the Golden Gate Bridge.…
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Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
“If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature,” my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
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Seeking More Muslim Heroes
Unlike the thugs who killed him, Merabet had assimilated into French society, while retaining his Muslim identity.
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Sullivan’s Corporate Masters Stab Him in the Back on Newsweek’s Cover
Newsweek, a once-important news magazine now owned by a liberal blogging site, has a cover this week offering me the opportunity to let Andrew Sullivan, a once-independent blogger, explain to me why I am “dumb.” Grateful though I am for Newsweek’s efforts to improve the tenor of our national discourse, I’m going to pass.
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Brush With “Greatness”: Following in Helen Thomas’s Footsteps
I have the (pick an adjective) distinction of being only the second journalist to interview Jimmy Carter after he left office in early 1981. The first, Carter told me, was Helen Thomas, the long-time White House correspondent who resigned under pressure today after making astonishingly offensive comments to the effect that “the Jews” should get…
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Jonah Goldberg’s Take on “Defend to the Death” Rings a Bell…
I bought Liberal Fascism despite the tendentious title, expecting humorous insights. I found it more dry and scholarly than I expected. Goldberg’s next book, due out in a few days, seems likely to be more fun, although the slightly less provocative title might keep a damper on sales.
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Palin Backlash Watch, Part II
Palin’s working-mom street cred is going to appeal to some (certainly not all) women who would not be expected to share Palin’s political views — such as, a national correspondent for NBC’s Today show: Politics aside and as a journalist, it’s intriguing to see the so-called mommy wars resurrected and reignited once again. As a…
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The pace is quickening
Next thing you know it’ll be under a year between posts…
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Spiking the Football: Obama Tarnishes a Genuine Triumph Through Tone-Deaf Politicizing
Do they really think Obama or any Democrat is going to win votes by claiming to be more hawkish than a Republican opponent?