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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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Step Aside, NY Times — Patch Is Bringing Google Zillions to Hyperlocal Maplewood
I got interested in the hyperlocal Maplewood BlogolopolisTM because the mighty New York Times was wading into the fray (and I happen to know the local Times reporter). But it turns out the Times is only the SECOND-best capitalized hyperlocal effort in Maplewood. The newcomer to watch is something called Patch.com. I barely noticed Maplewood…
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Mr. Obama’s War: I Told You So
President Bush salutes in front of General David Petraeus and Admiral William Fallon, September 2007, in Iraq President Obama today announced an Iraq withdrawal plan that George Bush would be proud to call his own. Actually, it IS Bush’s own. Don’t be fooled by the lawyerly language in his pledge to complete “the responsible removal…
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Catfight in The Corner! Lopez vs. Parker
Welcome, Andrew Sullivan and 3QuarksDaily readers. While you’re here, I hope you’ll take a look around and leave a comment! The “Labels” section in the right column can be used as a menu. I’m a big fan of National Review Online’s group blog, called The Corner. It has been described as “the Id of Conservatism,”…
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GOP Needs to Do More to Counter the “Tax Breaks for the Rich” Mantra
The GOP’s position on the importance of capital formation may be true, but as an argument it’s both a snoozer and a loser. If the Republicans don’t compromise on taxes for the highest earners, they’re going to blow the chance to put a Republican in the White House.
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Obama Wins Battle to Defund F-22 — and I’m Glad
Just hours after celebrating a decline in “the administration’s ability to steamroll Congress,” I find myself celebrating a successful Obama veto threat. With Senators crossing party lines in both directions, the Senate voted 50-48 today to strip $1.75 billion in funding for additional F-22 fighters from a military authorization bill. Hawk though I am, I’m…
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So THAT’S Why He Picked Her – What a Speaker!
I take back everything I said or hinted or even thought about Sarah Palin being a drag on the ticket. She did several things she had to do in her speech tonight: She established that her record of actual office-holding achievement compares very favorably with Obama’s. (Obama’s achievement of winning his party’s nomination for president…