BOSTON ---- You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don't mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for "Going Rogue."
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BOSTON ---- It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried Ted Kennedy, Cardinal Sean O'Malley took to his blog to defend himself from critics attacking him for presiding over the funeral of a pro-choice senator.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Not long ago, a group of writers decided to publish a book of essays we called: "Feminism Made Me Happy." It was an in-your-face title, a deliberate attempt to counter the narrative we all knew by heart. The one that kept describing how the women's movement had left us stressed out, disco…
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BOSTON ---- This story begins, as do so many dramas, at the box office. We are standing in line, three generations defined by a three-tier price structure: senior, adult, child.
Oct 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON ---- I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage.
Oct 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON ---- My favorite moment so far in the health care debate was when Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl argued against mandating maternity benefits as part of a basic insurance coverage. "I don't need maternity care," he blurted out. At which point, Michigan's Debbie Stabenow quipped, "I think your…
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BOSTON ---- For me, the real Obama moment of this back-to-work month wasn't the speech before Congress or Wall Street. It was in the Virginia schoolhouse when a ninth-grader asked him a question that had nothing and everything to do with his presidency: "And if you could have dinner with …
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BOSTON ---- There was a New Yorker cartoon last spring picturing a nearly empty galley ship with only two slaves still pulling their oars under the grim eye of the master. In the caption, one of the slaves says to the other: "At this point, I'm just happy to still have a job."
Sep 14, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON ---- When exactly did the Republicans start operating one of those marketing scams that target the elderly?
Sep 03, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON ---- Every year at this time, we prepare to celebrate Aug. 26, the anniversary of women's suffrage, in our own quirky way. We cheerfully distribute the Equal Rites Awards to those who have done their best over the last 12 months to set back the cause of women.
Aug 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON ---- What caught my eye was not just the ashtray sitting forlornly on the yard-sale table. It was the sign that marked it "vintage," as if we needed to label this relic of midcentury America.
Aug 06, 2009 | 2:05 am | Loading…
Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion zealot charged with killing Dr. George Tiller, has been busy. He called The Associated Press from the Sedgwick County Jail in Kansas, saying, "I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal."
Jul 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON -- This is probably not the best weekend to air any reservations about the American passion for independence. After all, we don't have fireworks for Dependence Day. We don't hold parades to celebrate Interdependence Day. We don't get a holiday for Connections.
Jul 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON -- It is believed that the shooter acted alone.
Jun 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOSTON -- So we face the riddle of the wise old man, the wise old woman, and the wise old person.
May 31, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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