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Climate Change Deniers Could Learn From Community Gardens
Tweet Share on Facebook August 7, 2012 CommentUnder the tropical sun blaze here in Washington, D.C., gold black-eyed Susans adorn the rain garden in a wide-open neighborhood place where young people learn how to grow crops for healthy food. It's within the walls of the city, yet somehow it feels like the country. We should all be growing community gardens, given the state of the environment and the economy. Michelle Obama, lead the green way.
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Olympics, AIDS Conference Give Hope
Tweet Share on Facebook July 31, 2012 CommentLately I had noticed that, save for a flash mob here and there, there was way too little joie in the world. The euphoria for Barack Obama's election was too fleeting to be weighed and counted. Since roughly December 2000, America has become a glum place in public and the 21st century has been a bust for us. The American swagger has gradually gone limp—has it been since 2007?
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Michael Bloomberg for President
Tweet Share on Facebook July 24, 2012 CommentClearing the fog and gun smoke away from the latest scene of a mass shooting, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York turned up as America's truth-teller, like the honest man in ancient Athens for whom Diogenes went looking. Bloomberg, a political independent, was the only politician who angrily confronted the crisis with a clear solution: stricter gun control laws. He also challenged the contenders in the presidential race, President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney, to tell us what actions they'd take to prevent public slayings in the future.
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Why We Should Worry About the Soulless, Entitled Mitt Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook July 17, 2012 CommentTime to give Mitt Romney the dressage-down he so "richly" deserves. And it's not just about money. Let me count the whys we should send this smug, vapid, preppie packing: power, sex, and religion. Frankly, I don't give a damn about the dog issue, Gail Collins.
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Bruce Springsteen Doesn't Return Chris Christie's Love
Tweet Share on Facebook July 10, 2012 CommentWord has it that churlish New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dances in the dark to Bruce Springsteen in concert. Will wonders ever cease? Has he heard the screen door slam? Has he gone down to the river? Has he seen the darkness on the edge of town? Was he born to run? I don't think so.
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Storm Outages Have D.C. Talking About a Different Kind of Power
Tweet Share on Facebook July 3, 2012 Comment"Got power?"
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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.
