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When Kate Met Eric (Thanks, Nora Ephron)
Almost everyone who knows me has heard the story of how my husband and I met. The response to the polite inquiry at a cocktail party invariably leads to a longer story. The Reader’s Digest...
View ArticleAnn Romney May Love Me, but I don't Love Her
I spent three hours last night watching the Republican National Convention. Given that I already know whom I’m going to vote for in the general election and given that we all know modern “nominating”...
View ArticleOn Loudmouths and The Failure of Tactical Ignorance
Monday night, just minutes after the final Presidential debate, (aptly summed up by one of my friends as a “word salad of talking points”), a well-known conservative loudmouth tweeted that she was glad...
View ArticleAngelina's Choice
When I woke up this morning, the internet was ablaze with kudos to Angelina Jolie for her NYT op ed piece about her decision to have prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. The cheers were loud and...
View ArticleGood Riddance to Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Thank god Breast Cancer Awareness Month is almost over.There. I’ve said it: the unspeakable, the cynical, the curmudgeonly. It feels like a betrayal of my gender and of all of the truly well-meaning...
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