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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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Support the War, Mr. President — It’s Personal
President Obama, the brave men and women of the United States armed forces are looking to see if you are committed to victory in Afghanistan. On Tuesday evening, I hope you’ll start showing them that you are.
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You Go Girls! Saudi Women Risk Jail to Drive
But the 21st century’s most dangerous strain of barbarism has its center of gravity in a culture that produced 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers. A culture whose organizing figure consummated his “marriage” to Aisha when the girl was 9 or 10. A culture where even today, women risk jail if they drive. Given…
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Holy Cow! We’re in a Recession!?!?
Let’s drive the Dow down 680 points on this shocking news! It turns out that the commonly understood definition of a recession — two consecutive quarters of declining gross domestic product — isn’t the definition used by by the recession-calling National Bureau of Economic Research. Those worthies also consider the labor market, real personal income,…
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My International Consulting Practice
Melisa Antic is building a business based on helping English-speaking expats relocate and settle in to living in Belgrade.
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Lissenup, GOP: “Democrat” Is a Noun.
The Adjective is “Democratic”If you need a handy analogy to understand why references such as “Democrat leaders” or “the Democrat Party” are offensive, consider the difference between the phrases, “He’s a Jewish boy” and “He’s a Jew boy.”
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How is the KSM Trial Like a Garbage Barge?
I envision the planned KSM trial now traipsing from one venue to another, turned away at every stop. It would be poetic justice if KSM and his fellow terrorists, like the wandering garbage barge, end up right back where they started — in this case, Guantanamo.