Susan Estrich
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Sally Ride's determination changed the worldJul 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Sally Ride did not go into space alone in 1983. She carried with her the hopes and dreams of a generation of women who were trying to escape the bounds of tradition in t...
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The 33rd time aroundJul 19, 2012 5:00 am - Earlier this month, the House of Representatives, in a colossal waste of time, voted for the 33rd time to repeal President Obama's health care plan. Going into the vote...
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Trouble in the middleJul 15, 2012 5:00 am - A study out this week by the liberal Center for American Progress found that kids in the middle don’t think school is challenging enough. That’s right: According to the ...
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Back in the USAJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - Some of my fondest memories of childhood are of the Fourth of July. In Swampscott, Mass., we used to have a parade of kids on bikes that went down Aspen Road and then ar...
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Supreme politicsJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - You have to hand it to the chief justice. He saved the health care bill and with it, perhaps, the Supreme Court’s reputation as something other than the third branch of ...
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Death be not proudJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - No doubt it’s the mark of getting older, but hardly a week goes by when a death — of someone I know or someone I know of — doesn’t hit me in the gut. When I was younger ...
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Caught in the middleJun 18, 2012 5:00 am - The usual rule in politics is that if both extremes are mad at you, then you must be doing something right — or at least something politically smart. Ultimately, electio...
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President Obama’s great bad weekJun 15, 2012 5:00 am - President Barack Obama’s campaign had a great and much-needed terrible week or so: bad economic news (that keeps on coming), questions about leaks of national security i...
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Why the ‘old country’ is best left behindJun 06, 2012 1:00 am - I have never seen so many mirrors in a hotel room before. Even the nightstands are mirrored. The switches for the lights aren’t switches but lighted panels. There is not...
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Taking the rule of law for grantedJun 01, 2012 5:00 am - On May 25, the Radcliffe Institute honored Margaret Marshall, aka Margie, the brilliant and charismatic former Chief Justice (first woman) of the Massachusetts Supreme J...