Susan Estrich
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The desires of the heart of a grown-upDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - By the time you read this, it won't be my birthday anymore. Thankfully. But it is right now, and birthdays don't get easier as you get older. I'm not talking about morta...
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A woman who held hope amid life's cruelty, misfortuneDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - I don't care what they said about her in “Game Change.” Catty? Who wouldn't be? Difficult? She had a right to be. She lost a son. She stood by her husband as he pursued ...
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Teenagers and the war on terrorDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Defenders of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, the teenager accused of plotting to bomb a tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., are already arguing to the press that he was set...
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Home for the holidays? Try a little kindnessNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - And so another class of high school graduates left home this fall, or said goodbye to their friends who left. Thanksgiving is the first time everyone sees each other aft...
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Travel etiquetteNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - The first time I ever got on an airplane -- to fly from Boston to New York, around 1970 -- I got all dressed up. Flying was a big deal. The airport was, I thought, one o...
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Our rawest moments recorded foreverNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - I can't quite remember certain things that happened in college, particularly during my junior year “abroad” at Dartmouth. I'm sure some of that is age (in this case, a r...
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Let's see some class at the end of the campaignsOct 30, 2010 11:00 pm - For half of the candidates on Tuesday's ballot, these are the days you remember. If you win, you remember what comes next. But if you lose, you always second-guess what ...
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Politically correct radioOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery then look around and ...
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The male vote in CaliforniaOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - California has never had a woman governor. Two women senators, yes, but never a governor, never a lieutenant governor, never even an attorney general. When it comes to e...
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The money race in CaliforniaOct 09, 2010 11:00 pm - If there were one contest Meg Whitman didn't need to win in her bid to become governor of California, it was the race to collect the most money from individuals and busi...