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Ted Sorensen – My Brief Encounter
Last year, I met Theodore “Ted” Sorensen at MIT’s 40th anniversary celebration for the Apollo 13 moon landing. In my eyes, Sorensen was a great behind-the-scenes string puller who’d rubbed elbows with giants like JFK and RFK. Rubbed elbows?? No, …
Why I still REALLY like President Obama
I keep hearing President Obama's popularity ratings are plummeting. My question is why? On a macro scale, he's done just about everything he promised to in the 2007-08 campaign:
This Democrat feels betrayed by Coakley’s Incomptetence
As a Democrat, I feel utterly let down by Martha Coakley. In a word, the campaign she ran against Republican Scott Brown STUNK! Except for the last 10




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Simmy Atkins: We just found your fantastic article on your April visit to Cuba. We ...
Laura: No discussion because maybe we all intuitively feared we knew that is ...
John: Hi Judy, I posted it about a week about and sent the link along to Sa...
Judy Larkin: Hi John, I have been waiting for your article on Cuba. I finally fou...