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BOSTON -- We became friends long after we had known each other as candidate and journalist. Long after the grit that Geraldine Ferraro showed facing down press and politicians had...

BOSTON -- I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. How else can you explain their passionate opposition...

BOSTON -- When exactly did the Republicans start operating one of those marketing scams that target the elderly? It was bad enough when Sarah Palin told a bald Facebook lie...

BOSTON -- So the family will be gathering again. No, not the family, the clan. That's the word we always used to describe the Kennedys, as if they were the...

BOSTON -- Every year at this time, we prepare to celebrate Aug. 26, the anniversary of women's suffrage, in our own quirky way. We cheerfully distribute the Equal Rites Awards...

BOSTON -- What caught my eye was not just the ashtray sitting forlornly on the yard-sale table. It was the sign that marked it "vintage," as if we needed to...

BOSTON--This is probably not the best week to air any reservations about the American passion for independence. After all, we don't have fireworks for Dependence Day. We don't hold parades...

BOSTON -- From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is "Following You On Twitter." In fact, I don't go anywhere on Twitter, having signed...

BOSTON -- Let us hope that Sonia Sotomayor's tumble on the way to Washington doesn't become a metaphor for her journey to the Supreme Court. For the moment, the broken...

BOSTON -- It is believed that the shooter acted alone. Surely, that's true. No one else was standing beside suspect Scott Roeder when it is believed he murdered Dr. George...

BOSTON -- As if the Republicans weren't having enough trouble with defectors, they've gone on a purge. There was Dick Cheney on "Face the Nation." Asked to pick between a...

BOSTON -- I am sure that Vermonters don't like the idea of teens sending sexy pictures from one phone to another. Nor do Ohio and Utah parents want their kids...

Seems a lifetime ago that the price of crude approached $150 a barrel, but it was only last summer. Remember how people went nuts? Santa Barbara County voted for oil...

BOSTON -- Maybe it was the sex that caught our attention. Sex has a way of doing that. The lead of the story, after all, was that any Shiite woman...

BOSTON -- I hate to revisit Nadya Suleman, the woman so charmingly dubbed "octomom" by the tabloids. But there is a reason for all of us to be grateful to...