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"It is not that there are no certainties, it is that there is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties,” writes Christopher Hitchens in his memoir, “Hitch 22.” As I read the last pages of this movable feast of a book, that thought, in particular, resonates.
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Randi Kreiss
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11/18/10
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The morning after was just as disturbing as the weeks leading up to the Nov. 2 midterm election. The losers lacked grace and graciousness; the winners lacked humility. The only thing confirmed for me …
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Randi Kreiss
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11/12/10
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Lately I’ve been practicing medicine without a license. Haven’t we all? And don’t we have to?
Ten years ago, my endocrinologist suggested I start taking Fosomax after a bone density test …
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Randi Kreiss
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11/12/10
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Rage is all the rage this political season, but fear seems more apt — their rage, my fear.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/28/10
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The story should have ended when the last miner stepped from the Phoenix escape capsule back into the world. It was a perfect moment, and how many of those do we get? It was a happy ending, also in short supply.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/21/10
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While watching “The Social Network” last week, I was stunned — not by the movie, but by the audience. As the theater went dark, a thousand points of light beamed out from cell phones. Well, not a thousand, but a lot.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/15/10
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All the time, teenagers prove how irresponsible they can be, driving and texting, drinking and driving, acting on impulse and without thought to the consequences.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/7/10
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Looks like I’ve become a witness to history, like one of those ancient Civil War widows, a repository of memories from a time gone by.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/30/10
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Last week, Comedy Central newsman Jon Stewart announced a March to Restore Sanity, to be held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 30. And . . . he wasn’t kidding.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/24/10
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People don’t tell family stories the way they used to — and the way my dad still does. We’ve gotten so constrained, so PC, so uptight and careful, that stories have become homogenized into pap.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/21/10
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