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Maria Shriver Should Run for California Governor
Tweet Share on Facebook May 24, 2011 Comment (5)How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?The melody of this sprightly song, followed by the wedding processional in The Sound of Music, resounded from the pipe organ as Maria Shriver walked down the aisle to wed Arnold Schwarzenegger. Like Maria in the musical story, the sparkling bride made her way toward a groom made in Austria. But who was he, really, compared to her? Lucky to be on a doubles court with her when they met at a tennis tournament, in the Hyannis church, in life itself. Together, the living looked easy, like a Broadway musical—but not until death did them part.
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Lara Logan, Newt Gingrich Are the High and Low Points of News
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2011 Comment (10)The month of May has seen some extreme news cross the wires. Speaking strictly for me, let me tell you who's the garden-party rose, and who's the skunk in the news.
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Bin Laden, Royal Wedding Cheer Up Country, Century
Tweet Share on Facebook May 9, 2011 Comment (12)The 21st century was looking like a flop so far--a Broadway show gone dark. But then came a massive morale boost for us Americans and the world in the 11th year of the century. (Not a moment too soon.) Yes, there was a single April to May weekend that changed our outlook on the world.
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Obama's Speech on Bin Laden a Silent Rebuke to Bush
Tweet Share on Facebook May 2, 2011 Comment (55)In a measured East Room address late yesterday, President Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden and took a somber look back at Sept. 11, 2001, a tragically beautiful day on the East Coast. A "cloudless sky" set the scene for nearly three thousand deaths and two fallen towers by the time it was done.
