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My mother’s last days
Published September 2, 2010
Mom made meticulous plans for everything in her life. But when she neared the end, she wasn’t sure what those were.
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“Worst of the worst?”
Published July 24, 2010
Roman Polanski, David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz, and a new movement of former sex offenders and their families force the criminal justice system — and us — to think about redemption.
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New meaning for ‘paid internship’
Published May 5, 2010
Compared to this kind of paid internship, unpaid ones are starting to look good.
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Unnatural Disasters
Published April 28, 2010
A hazard, wrote Bucknell University geographer Paul Susman, is “the interface between an extreme physical event and a vulnerable human population.”
Thoughts on the volcano.
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Daily Kos: ECSTASY: Not Buying It!
Published April 19, 2010
Check out this nice piece on Daily Kos by someone who calls him/herself Robin B.
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The Heart of Health Care
Published April 7, 2010
People are rational. People are stupid. My mother understood the contradiction facing the proponents of health care reform.
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Sympathy for the Devil
Published February 5, 2010
Martha Coakley has enlisted public hysteria, attacked her marks in the media, and fought like a Tasmanian devil to keep people behind bars long after they’ve been exonerated.
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Levine wins two Sexies!
Published January 20, 2010
Two of my Seven Days “Poli Psy” columns have won 2009 Sex-Positive Journalism Awards, tying for first and second places in the Opinion category.
I’m in excellent company, including Joanne Wypijewski, for her brilliant “Carnal Knowledge” column in the Nation.
You can find out more about the awards and link to all the winning articles here.
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Medical Necessities
Published December 11, 2009
If health care is going to be a public good, not a private luxury, all of us — including women — are going to have to stop acting like spoiled customers at Saks.
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Intern Nation
Published November 16, 2009
Can’t get a job? Why not give your services away for free? That way, you can ensure that no one else gets a job either!