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Giving thanks: Right woman, right time, right place
The other woman who changed my life
She only crossed my path for a moment years ago. But what a difference that moment made to me.
My dinner with Nixon
Foiled by Tricky Dick
As president, Richard Nixon may or may not have messed up the country. But I can attest with certainty that he messed up my romance.
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Is privacy a thing of the past?
Orwell was right after all
Thanks to America’s national security complex as well as Americans’ own giddy eagerness to confess our deepest darkest secrets on YouTube and Facebook, privacy is becoming both a lost right and a lost art. But can freedom survive without it?
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Why I Didn't Vote
Dyspeptic reflections on the electoral process
Election Day is a chance to feel good about America — isn't it?
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How to save America from the Tea Party
An immodest proposal
When the Southern states seceded back in 1860, Lincoln should have let them go. Without the disruptive and destructive South, the rest of the Union would be more stable, more harmonious, and more productive.
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When holidays collide
Here comes Thanksukkah / Hanusgiving!
The holiday season may be even more confusing than usual this year.
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What do artists want?
If I had a hammer— and as a matter of fact, I do
Martin Luther’s message to the Church in 1517 was: You think it’s that, but I say it’s this. Every artist and critic today conveys pretty much the same idea.
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My mid-life crisis
The day I hit middle age
How do you know you’ve reached middle age? The final straw for me was a shopping trip with my teenage daughter.
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To save our schools: Practical solutions
All it takes is ingenuity
Gary Day wants us to save America’s public schools by having fewer children. In fact, far less drastic solutions already exist. Here are four practical suggestions from a teacher and businesswoman who’s been there and done that.
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My eternal life in cyberspace
How the Internet made me a star (without even asking me)
Years ago I wrote a short story for an obscure Maine literary magazine that paid me two copies for my efforts. Now, thanks to the Internet, that same story has resurfaced in Canada, of all places, bringing me fame, fortune and an unsettling feeling of helplessness.
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