Month: September 2012

Welcome, Mr. Morsi

Less than 50 days out from a presidential elections is not a good time to have a reasoned debate about U.S.-Egypt relations. That said, I am mostly comfortable with the comments of President Mohamed Morsi despite his critiques...

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Casual Conversation

I’m all tuckered out today. I think my immune system is stressed from battling all the colds people have been trying to give me. Or maybe I have Lyme Disease again. Damn these woods. In any case, I feel kind of less than...

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Look At Her!

Migrant Mother as she was known for over forty years from this photograph taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936. An image seared into the minds of many as emblematic of the Great Depression and the particular struggles of women in...

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"Elizabeth Warren Is Good People."

In politics, there are endorsements…and then there are endorsements that win close elections.  Yesterday afternoon, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave Elizabeth Warren the kind of endorsement that could help her...

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