Ellen Goodman
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Letting goDec 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This is Ellen Goodman's final column. BOSTON - There is something fitting about writing my last column on the first day of a new year. January, after...
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Quietly sizing up the last four decadesDec 26, 2009 10:00 pm - It is one of those moments when I feel like a time traveler. I look out the airplane window and watch a young woman on the tarmac directing our jet to its gate. As she w...
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Adding upon fame without the shameDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Things being what they are, I'm delighted when any newspaper is hiring. And when someone lands a job in journalism, I'm ready to pop the cork. But I find it hard to swal...
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A backlash of mistrustNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women v. the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. I'm not talking about medical...
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Lipstick on a rogueNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - 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." But let u...
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The false choiceNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - 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 bl...
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What option for Afghan women?Nov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. "This is a doctor," she said, pointing to one picture. "This ...
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In pursuit of happinessOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - 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 th...
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Do all seniors need this? It's the $250 questionOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - 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. Thi...
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The gay divorce fandangoOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. How else can you explain their...