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In the unwritten political bible, it is said that there’s a time to speak out and a time to remain silent, a time to tear down and a time to build up, a time to stay and a time to go. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking out and tearing down when he should remain silent. And clearly, his departure from the public scene is long overdue.
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Randi Kreiss
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2/25/10
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"The name is Spenser, with an ‘s’, like the poet.” That’s how the detective introduced himself. The creation of author Robert B. Parker, Spenser (no first name) is featured in 37 novels, about half of them written by the prolific Cambridge-based writer.
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Randi Kreiss
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2/19/10
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The problem with the “don’t ask, don’t tell” rules on gays in the military is that the moral underpinnings of the policy are rotten.
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Randi Kreiss
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2/11/10
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Last week I hopped on an airplane, and from where I was — Sarasota, Fla. — I flew 13 hours to California, a distant planet on the craggy edge of the American continent.
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Randi Kreiss
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2/4/10
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We’ve all heard about the US Airways flight that was diverted to Philadelphia last week because a flight attendant became suspicious — let’s make that alarmed — by a 17-year-old boy who was praying.
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Randi Kreiss
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1/29/10
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A massive earthquake hits Charlotte, N.C. Mountains of earth collapse schools, crush hospitals and homes. Hundreds and then thousands of bodies fill the morgue, spilling into the surrounding streets.
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Randi Kreiss
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1/21/10
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No American could possibly take much comfort in the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack by a wannabe airplane suicide bomber. The good news was that the attacker was even more incompetent than our security services. His bomb misfired. Brave passengers wrestled him to the ground.
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Randi Kreiss
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1/14/10
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Think about what you know now, January 2010, that you didn’t know a year ago. Standing on the threshold of the new year, we have a moment to look back at how those 365 days changed us, as individuals and as a people and as paid-up members of the human race.
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Randi Kreiss
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1/7/10
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My colleagues Randi Kreiss and Alfonse D’Amato each published year-end lists two weeks ago, with Randi offering a holiday shopping list and Alfonse, a list of all the political issues he’d like resolved. I thought, how’d I miss the memo? Where was my year-end list? I must have been too busy looking back on the decade that was.
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Scott Brinton
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1/7/10
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I am so not in the mood for an emerald necklace this year. I thought I’d get that out of the way first. In this post-recession interlude, I’m thinking more along the lines of the best things in life are free or at least quite reasonable.
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Randi Kreiss
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12/24/09
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