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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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Honeymoon-Over Watch: Campbell Brown Cites Obama "Hypocrisy"
As I’ve said before, I expect now that Obama is safely ensconced at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the cutthroat competitiveness of the news media is going to drive more and more reporters to go after the only President we have. Campbell Brown has a show on CNN called “No Bias, No Bull.” When you market yourself…
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Obama Critic Indulges in Overwrought Rhetoric
I think President Obama’s expression of support Friday for Iranians “seeking justice in a peaceful way” in Iran set the proper tone. I’d give it a B+, with points deducted for tardiness, as it could and should have been said days earlier. Obama is right to be wary of appearing to meddle in Iranian affairs,…
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Iraq: Mission Accomplished!
Quick reaction on my lunch break: We won. Yes, there are pitfalls and concerns on the road ahead, but it’s one heck of a lot more appropriate now to declare the war “won” than it was for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to declare in 2007 that “this war is lost.” Obviously it was Bush…
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Left vs. Right: Who Has the Best Echo Chamber?
I’m highly skeptical of most assertions that either liberals or conservatives have a monopoly on any form of virtue or vice. You know what I’m talking about — surf around partisan websites of either persuasion and soon you’ll find someone sanctimoniously condemning an anecdotal misdeed and declaring that “our side” doesn’t do that. Bull. There…
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You (Could Have) Read It Here First
Long-time readers (hi Sweetie!) know how much I admire Charles Krauthammer’s writing. I’ve said that when I read his columns, I often wish I had written them first. Well, now that fantasy has partly come true. Krauthammer’s column today covers some of the same ground as my post Wednesday on Obama’s mixed signals to the…
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Ted Kennedy Liked Chappaquiddick Jokes
Surely true remorse — or even just common decency — would preclude making jokes about an incident where he put his political career ahead of a young woman’s life. If justice had been served, his path to redemption would have included a stay in prison. When he joked about it, he mocked justice.