Susan Estrich
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Women as ‘targets’ and the fight backMar 26, 2011 12:00 am - Someone is giving the university I love a bad name. An e-mail purportedly written by a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at USC has gone viral. The idea is that women ar...
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Heroes in the waiting roomMar 21, 2011 2:00 am - For two days, I have been sitting with men and women in skimpy gowns — and even skimpy shorts — many of them literally afraid for their lives. There we were, our breasts...
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Seeking safety in an uncertain worldMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - “Did you have a nice weekend?” a friend asked on Monday, before recounting all the fun things he and his kids did over the weekend. I’m sure I looked at him as if he had...
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When law confronts politicsMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - My guess is that there was not a single member of the United States Supreme Court who was not personally appalled that the Westboro Baptist Church would target the funer...
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No matter who's to blame, it's the kids who will payMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - The public school teachers in Wisconsin are not responsible for the credit collapse, the national unemployment rate, the fall of the industrial sector or the fiscal cris...
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A mother’s search for meaningFeb 23, 2011 11:00 pm - There has been a whole spate of memoirs lately by young mothers searching for meaning. They go off looking for happiness in yoga and personal trainers and spiritual guru...
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Respect women for their choicesFeb 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Yes, Lara Logan was sexually assaulted and badly beaten. Yes, that is a terrible thing. She is, however, reported to be in “remarkably good spirits.” Indeed. She is aliv...
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Judicial nominees don't deserve the political delaysFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - There is a crisis in America's federal courts that has absolutely nothing to do with politics, although that is its cause. The figures are familiar: One out of every nin...
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The drama, danger of revolutionsFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - In the first days of the demonstrations in Egypt, almost everyone I know was glued to their television. Many of them were caught up in what they saw as the romanticism o...
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A liberating scene?Feb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - I had never seen anything like it. I sat in the movie theater holding my breath as Marlon Brando wielded the stick of butter. For the sake of families who might be readi...