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Will the Real Bob Woodward Please Sit Down?

 Once there was a young Washington Post reporter named Bob Woodward who became a celebrity almost overnight by joining with another reporter named Carl Bernstein (remember him?) to expose the inner...

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National Grammar Day: Well, La Di Da (or is it “Dah”?)

So I think I told you I'm working on a book.  I've changed the title again, so now I'm calling it "Living to Tell About It".   (The sub-title may or may not be "How to tell your story when it gets to...

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It's Not Always a Day at the Beach

On clear mornings here at the beach I’m out on the balcony waiting, like every other early riser, for the sun to poke up out of the ocean. This morning I woke earlier than usual, while it was still...

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CPAC 2013: Wingers Just Want to Have Fun

 Every year around this time Republicans get to let their hair down and show the world that no matter what we've heard otherwise, they do have a silly side.Doom and gloom and global warming is our...

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News from Michigan, the Nation's First Dictator State

 (Cross-posted at Ramona's Voices)It could be that with all that's going on in the world you might have missed what's happening closer to home, in the sovereign state of Michigan.  In just over two...

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Politicians out of control: Never Forgive, Never Forget

Yesterday 46 members of the Senate voted down a proposal that would have been a logical first step to gun control--universal background checks.  They were able to vote it down, even though 54 members...

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Religion in Public Schools not Frowned on in Mississippi

So one day somebody at Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi came up with the idea to hold a series of mandatory Christian assemblies, where students would be required to watch a...

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A Psychic Got it Wrong. Who Knew?

 As if it wasn't enough this week that three young women held captive and terrorized by a madman were found alive after 10 long years, we now learn that in 2004, celebrated psychic Sylvia Browne made...

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6 Things Media Personalities should avoid in Disasters

 On Monday, May 20, a devastating monster of a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma; the second category 5 tornado to hit this little town. (It happened before on May 3, 1999, with 44 deaths.) Reports coming in...

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Nana, Girl of the Fifties

When I was young, I dreamed of many things. Being a grandmother wasn’t one of them. But over the course of time, things happened. Soon after high school, instead of college there was a wedding. Because...

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A New High School Grad Takes on Gun Control

 In the 4 1/2 years I've been writing this blog I've never felt inclined to bring in a guest poster.  Today I do, and I couldn't be happier that Briana Morganroth has agreed to let me reprint the essay...

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If Ed Snowden is a Hero, we're a Nation Bereft

 There is nothing wrong with being young. Nothing wrong with not having a high school diploma. Nothing wrong with being idealistic.  Nothing wrong with distrusting the government if something they're...

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I Probably Should Have Tried Marijuana

In a daring raid in 1948, Robert Mitchum got caught smoking marijuana in Hollywood:Sept. 1, 1948: Actor Robert Mitchum and starlet Lila Leeds were reportedly caught smoking marijuana during a police...

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Independence Day: We do Have Something to Celebrate

 "The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair...

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If Texas cared about Babies, they'd take care of Babies

The Good Ol' Boys in Texas have decreed that they're in charge of women's reproductive decisions, and the little ladies just gotta take it.  If it was just making abortions more difficult for women...

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Hey, Detroit: It's Only Art

(Crossposted from Ramona's Voices) Safe to say that ever since the news broke that the entire city of Detroit was filing for bankruptcy hundreds of thousands of us Detroiters and ex-Detroiters and...

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Huma Abedin is not Anthony Weiner

There is a part of the American feminist movement that drives me nuts.  It's the part where all women who call themselves feminists have to be smart and sassy and so damned tough any public sign of...

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George Will on Detroit: About Like Howdy Doody on the Moon

So George Will, highly renowned municipal analyst and wicked good judge of character, has once again set his sights on Detroit. Somehow--don't ask me how--I knew this would happen.  I knew it would...

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I Called Elmore Leonard "Dutch" Once

I woke up to the sad news that Elmore Leonard, our most famous Detroit-based writer, has died.  He was 87 years old but I thought that guy would go on forever.  There was never anything old about him...

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Labor in America: Those were the Days - (A Repeat)

Note:  Labor Day weekend is here once again, and let's enjoy it while we can.  I have a feeling, if things keep going this way, anything that smacks of celebrating labor in this country will disappear....

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