Thanks purely to luck, nobody died yesterday when a Japanese whaling vessel collided in Antarctic waters with a speedboat manned …
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Paying For What We Watch
There were only a few channels on TV when I was a kid. Everyone watched them, and we watched the …
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It’s 2010. Do You Know Where Your Lawyer Is?
In a few weeks, about 2,000 of the country’s best estate planners — most of them attorneys — will gather …
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The Longest Year
The year that ends tonight has been the longest of my life. For me — and for a lot of …
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Look, Mom — I’m A Gay Republican Now
If being a Democrat can run in families, it runs in mine. My parents were one generation removed from Ellis …
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Liberation On The Tarmac
Airlines can continue to herd their customers like cattle, pack us like sardines and nickel-and-dime us like the suckers we …
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Privacy In The Workplace
Most white-collar employees have telephones on their desks, and most employers, myself included, do not mind if an employee uses …
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No Pontoons For Santa Claus
The ice is nice and thick at the North Pole this Christmas Eve. Santa and his team will be able …
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Seeking A Slice Of ‘Onshoring’ Pie
When Ohio’s Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland shared a table at a White House state dinner with Indian businessman Ratan Tata, …
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