Froma Harrop
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After Snowe, is Brown next?Mar 16, 2012 1:00 am - To many New Englanders, Olympia Snowe had come to resemble Marilyn of “The Munsters” TV family. The senator from Maine seemed a normal Northeast Republican surrounded by...
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What Limbaugh is really aboutMar 08, 2012 12:00 am - Too bad the Republican candidates had to comment on Rush Limbaugh’s flaming attack on a female law student at Georgetown University. El Rushbo plays troubadour to the pa...
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Tax the rich ... firstMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - We who’ve been going on and on about the need to raise taxes on the rich need to catch our breath. There’s no need to reverse course, but also no obligation to totally l...
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If the Iron Lady watched the GOP debatesFeb 29, 2012 5:00 am - It’s a good thing that the Margaret Thatcher we remember isn’t running for president as a Republican. A conservative icon, she would nonetheless be tarred today as a “b...
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Liberal elite to blame for working-class woes?Feb 24, 2012 4:00 am - The white working class is in big trouble, and the liberal elite is largely to blame. So says Charles Murray in his latest book, “Coming Apart: The State of White Americ...
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Missiles aimed at Social Security and MedicareFeb 19, 2012 4:00 am - Missiles are pointed at Social Security and Medicare, the broad-based programs for older Americans. Some are stealth missiles. Some are misguided missiles. But both part...
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Big Brother is ‘sharing’Feb 14, 2012 4:00 am - My, how you’ve changed, Big Brother. What happened to the sourpuss in “1984,” George Orwell’s grim novel about a thought-controlled future? Gone are the piercing eyes an...
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What Komen affair means for NovemberFeb 08, 2012 4:00 am - The blowup at Susan G. Komen for the Cure set off a political alarm that Republicans dare not ignore. The leading breast cancer group, Komen tried playing Republican-bas...
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I want my planet backJan 30, 2012 4:00 am - Florida is the state that put the first man on the moon, NBC’s Brian Williams noted at the Republican presidential debate in Tampa. He asked the candidates, “At a time w...
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How “Downton Abbey” is more democratic than we areJan 24, 2012 4:00 am - Every Sunday night, the mega-carriages drop millions of us off at “Downton Abbey,” the hit PBS series about an aristocratic family, its English country estate and the co...