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Show Us Your Woe
From “American Idol” to American politics, it’s all about the suffering. And it’s exhausting.
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One School’s Catholic Teaching
With just the briefest acknowledgement of her life partner, Carla Hale lost the job she’d loved for more than 18 years.
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The Gift of Siblings
For those of us who have them, they color our characters and shade our lives as much as anything or anyone else.
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Who Needs Reporters?
You do. No matter how awful we’ve been. But more politicians are finding self-flattering ways around us.
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The Meanest Season
Buggy, muggy and way too long, summer has arrived, and I’m ready for it to go.
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Sexism’s Puzzling Stamina
Despite decades of hand-wringing, soul searching and teachable moments, men still have and relish the upper hand.
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The Pope’s Gay Panic
The Vatican speaks in sexual double standards. But then so does America.
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Lesser Lights, Big City
Anthony Weiner preens. Christine Quinn calibrates. And New Yorkers wonder: who’s got the stuff to be our next mayor?
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Don’t Count on Calorie Counts
Knowledge is no match for hunger, and if we fight the war on obesity with calorie counts alone, we may be doomed to defeat.
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Paula’s Worst Ingredients
The exiled empress of the Food Network had her lucrative recipe down pat, but didn’t put enough self-awareness in the mix.
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The Court’s Immeasurable Impact
The rulings on gay marriage have consequences beyond the law, as Tyler Clementi’s heartbroken but hopeful family can attest.
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The Church’s Errant Shepherds
Cardinal Dolan and other Catholic leaders have responded to the abuse crisis the way the cunning chieftains of a corporation might.
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Sex and the Sorriest Pols
What Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner are seeking isn’t redemption, and their quests have much different degrees of audacity.
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Tweeting Toward Sacrilege
Musing on Egypt and sexual violence, Joyce Carol Oates saw that when you question religion, all hell breaks loose.
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D.C.’s Pit of Despair
Its appeal vastly dimmed, its chamber choked with partisanship, the Senate is a symbol of Washington gone wrong.
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Of Love and Fungus
Separation isn’t necessarily a test for committed relationships. Sometimes it’s what keeps the feelings fresh and the mold away.
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For 3 Nights, Le Bec-Fin Lives Again
Fans of the closed Philadelphia restaurant get to pretend it’s 1975 all over again.
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The Faithful’s Failings
The Catholic Church isn’t the only place where child sexual abuse cases have exposed religious communities as havens for wrongdoing.
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Our Pulchritudinous Priesthood
Personal trainers are becoming a must-have accessory in modern life.
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Detroit, a Love Song
I relished my years in Detroit, a blunt and honest antidote to the swagger and self-importance of other cities.
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