Susan Estrich
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I’m worried for our countryAug 13, 2011 12:00 am - The store window said 70 percent off. My son was getting a haircut across the street. I always enjoy chatting with the young woman from Boston who works there. Why not? ...
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The unknown heroes hiding among usAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - I had dinner last week with a friend whose name, for reasons that will be obvious, I can’t say. I can’t say exactly where he works or what he does. When I ask his wife a...
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Stand by your manJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - The headlines on the Drudge Report make it sound worse than it is: “Blacks, liberals flee in droves.” And underneath: “Sanders (that’s Bernie Sanders, the Independent fr...
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Despite risks, Obama delivered for gays in militaryJul 24, 2011 3:00 pm - In the early days of his presidency, Bill Clinton suggested the military should reexamine its policy of dishonorably discharging gay men and lesbian women. There were th...
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First, take care of those outside prisonJul 18, 2011 3:00 am - When I first heard the news story about “Pelican Bay,” all I could think of was the elegant new resort in Southern California, the Resort at Pelican Hill, where the view...
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Big steps and baby stepsJul 05, 2011 9:00 pm - Just days after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and the coalition supporting simila...
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Go MicheleJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - For a Democrat, it’s too good to be true. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney running neck and neck in Iowa. Romney having to worry about the one in five who won’t vote for...
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Give credit for promises keptJun 26, 2011 9:00 pm - There he goes again, fulfilling another promise. Imagine that. When he announced the surge in Afghanistan, he said it was temporary. Democrats, especially liberals, scre...
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Why is Romney running from his great success?Jun 19, 2011 7:00 pm - I’m sorry, Mitt. I’m probably the last person in the world you’d want saying a nice word about you. Maybe you can trot this out in the general election. Maybe the likes ...
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A chill pill is what we needJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - I was on my way to the hospital this morning to sit in the waiting room for six or eight hours while a family member was having surgery when I realized I had no gas. Run...