Thursday, December 29, 2016

"Life is a Series of Hellos and Goodbyes": Some Thoughts at the End of 2016

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A note to those who have kindly read my blog this year:  if you were expecting some political commentary, I'm saving that for the new ye...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

The War on Hanukkah and the War on Respect

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I wanted to say a few words about the War on Hanukkah, and yes that really is a thing.  Yesterday, I went to Dana-Farber, a Boston-area hosp...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Have We Stopped Welcoming the Stranger?

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Back in 1649, long before there was a United States, and long before our Founding Fathers created the Bill of Rights, a merchant from Hollan...
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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Our Own Kind of Walls: Some Thoughts About the Election

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Yesterday, I was on Twitter having what I thought was a courteous conversation with a conservative from a red state. We were exchanging our ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2016

Why Women (Including Me) Don't Always Come Forward

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I wasn't going to spend an entire blog post on my personal life-- I mean, who would be interested in that?  I'm not a celebrity (I...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

The Power of Forgiveness... in Politics and in Daily Life

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It's nearly the end of the Ten Days of Repentance, a time in the Jewish religion that begins with the New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and ends ...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Running for Office and Surviving the Gender Wars

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The other day, I read a wonderful article in the Washington Post, about how female debaters are often held to different standards from male ...