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The Healthcare Lion Who Didn't Roar
Tweet Share on Facebook June 29, 2012 CommentThere was a lion who didn't roar on the Senate floor yesterday as healthcare reform was upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Nora Ephron Would Celebrate Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling
Tweet Share on Facebook June 28, 2012 CommentNora Ephron, the urbane writer of cultural essays and romantic comedies, including a sweet revenge, has died and left us dispirited, coast to coast. Her New York Upper West Side sensibility shone on every page, including on lists of what she would and wouldn't miss when she was gone.
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The Real Story Behind the 'Star-Spangled Banner'
Tweet Share on Facebook June 25, 2012 CommentFleeing the Supreme Court's feared sacking of the White House and the Capitol on healthcare reform, let me seek shelter with seamstress Mary Pickersgill. Mary lived in Baltimore 200 years ago. She'll help fortify me.
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The Long, Hot Political Summer
Tweet Share on Facebook June 19, 2012 CommentThe summer solstice is upon us early—tomorrow. How enchanting it is, stretching the daylight as far as the minutes will go. Cities in northern climes like London, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg seem to float on a cusp of ether when the sun is supposed to go down. But it just takes a short nap.
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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Reminisce About Watergate
Tweet Share on Facebook June 12, 2012 CommentBob Woodward and Carl Bernstein finished each other's sentences as if they were still young hungry reporters at the Washington Post chewing on the Watergate scandal. Now they are nearing 70.
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Voters Cool on Barack Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook June 5, 2012 CommentFresh from the June bubble of college reunion conversations, it's finally clear to me why President Obama is ebbing and flowing, not sitting pretty in the polls or in the White House as he runs for re-election.
