See You at Thanksgiving By Susan Estrich
And so another class of high school graduates left home this fall, or said goodbye to their friends who left.
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November 18, 2010
November 13, 2010
The Unrecorded Moment By Susan Estrich
I can't quite remember certain things that happened in college, particularly during my junior year "abroad" at Dartmouth. I'm sure some of that is age (in this case, a rare blessing), but the larger part is that I don't want to remember. And I can't imagine wanting anyone else to, either, at least not with any greater accuracy than their equally limited memory should allow.
November 10, 2010
Those 10 Pounds By Susan Estrich
Ten pounds separate me from most of the clothes in my closet. They are the cause of regular disaster in dressing rooms.
November 4, 2010
The Day After By Susan Estrich
1994 was much worse. Much. So was 1980, but of course, that was also a presidential election. Within days, there were makeshift unemployment offices in all the congressional office buildings.
October 30, 2010
The Final Days By Susan Estrich
For half of the candidates on Tuesday's ballot, these are the days you remember.
October 22, 2010
Politically Correct Radio by Susan Estrich
"There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery -- then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."
October 16, 2010
Phoenix Rising By Susan Estrich
It was one of those moments. My son, a would-be engineer, saw it as a triumph of the very spirit of engineers: the can-do, we-can-solve-anything guts and genius that could figure out how to keep 33 men alive for two months while forging a plan to hoist them up from half a mile underground in a bullet-shaped device linked to a pulley.
October 13, 2010
Traffic Jams by Susan Estrich
There's an old joke in California that if you want attention, stage your event on the freeway.
October 10, 2010
The Money Race in California By Susan Estrich
If there were one contest Meg Whitman didn't need to win in her bid to become governor of California, it was the race to collect the most money from individuals and businesses that do business with the state of California.
October 2, 2010
She Said, She Said By Susan Estrich
Here we go again. Meg Whitman says she had no idea that she was employing an illegal immigrant for nine years and fired Nikki Diaz Santillan as soon as she found out.
September 29, 2010
What About Meg? By Susan Estrich
This is supposed to be the year of the (Republican) woman. It is most certainly the year of millionaire business execs no one ever heard of a month or two ago giving Democratic fixtures (e.g., Russ Feingold in Wisconsin and Andrew Cuomo in New York) a run for their money. It is the year of newcomers and fresh faces, without regard to such pesky matters as qualifications (e.g., Sharron Angle in Nevada and Christine O'Donnell in Delaware).
September 24, 2010
Who Is Carl Paladino? by Susan Estrich
The Republican nominee for governor of New York doesn't spend a lot of time talking about himself, which is both good and bad.
September 22, 2010
The Un-recession by Susan Estrich
Good news. The folks in charge of such things announced this week that the recession is over.
September 17, 2010
Beyond Party by Susan Estrich
Schadenfreude means taking pleasure in the failure of others, which is the Hollywood vocation and, lately, that of Democrats, as well.
September 15, 2010
The Difference Between Girls and Boys by Susan Estrich
When I was in seventh grade, I was the only girl on the junior high math team. I wasn't the best, and I wasn't the worst.
September 8, 2010
Book Burning by Susan Estrich
Here's a really bad idea: Burn the Koran to send a message.
