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Pope Francis and the GOP's Problem With Women
Tweet Share on Facebook March 18, 2013 CommentHow different are they, really, at the end of the day or week in winter—the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the Vatican Papal Conclave? They were all the talk in Washington and Rome, superpowers of politics and religion.
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Sheryl Sandberg Continues Alice Paul's Movement
Tweet Share on Facebook March 11, 2013 CommentThere was something I didn't tell you about Alice Paul's March suffrage parade 100 years ago in Washington. You know she stole the show away from Woodrow Wilson, the arriving president-elect. She's more timely now as we contemplate the meaning of "leaning in"—subject of a manifesto by Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, published this week.
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Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, and the Legacy of Alice Paul
Tweet Share on Facebook March 4, 2013 CommentWho was the breathtaking modern young woman, 28, who outwitted President Woodrow Wilson at the first turn in 1913 and won their battle of wills at the end of seven years?
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Women Are Shut Out in the Media
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2013 CommentWhat a surprise. Men are drowning out women in the public conversation, a new report from the Women's Media Center tells us.
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Obama’s State of the Union Address Didn’t Match His Inaugural
Tweet Share on Facebook February 13, 2013 CommentStanding in front of Congress, President Obama started off with a John F. Kennedy quote from 51 years ago—a reference to his own age, and an attempt to connect to Camelot in a generational passage.
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Jane Austen Would Be Horrified by Amy Webb’s Online Dating Trickery
Tweet Share on Facebook February 12, 2013 CommentAmy Webb, you're no Elizabeth Bennet.
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Put Me on the NRA's 'Enemies List'
Tweet Share on Facebook February 5, 2013 CommentI can't tell you how let down I am that I didn't make the National Rifle Association's so-called "enemies list," which has surfaced again as the gun lobby comes under closer fire, if you'll excuse the expression.
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Obama Is Seizing the Moment
Tweet Share on Facebook January 29, 2013 CommentWashington just had a momentous week, perhaps the best of the 21st century, measured in deeds. The mood is much as if a battle-hardened Henry V returned from the fields of Agincourt a few minutes ago.
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Obama's Second Inaugural Outshines His First
Tweet Share on Facebook January 21, 2013 CommentThe 2013 Inaugural weather was a bit warmer and Barack Obama's speech was a lot better, compared to the joyous swearing-in rite of passage four years ago.
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Obama Has the High Ground—Will He Use It?
Tweet Share on Facebook January 15, 2013 CommentHe looked cornered, angry, and defensive. Once the media's darling, now he felt forced in the crucible of the public eye. He has climbed many mountains, but the thrill is gone.
