(b. 1952– )
Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times“Last year, Romney went on Letterman’s show to read ‘Things You Don’t Know About Mitt Romney,’ including: ‘I’m the guy in the photo that comes with your picture frame.'”
more infosource: “Hunting, Dear Sir? Delighted!” New York Times, January 17, 2012.
category: David Letterman, generic, politics, presidential race
medium: Op-Ed
“Authenticity can be overrated, especially in a rabid conservative.”
more infosource: “Fed Up With the Author of ‘Fed Up!’?” New York Times, September 24, 2011.
category: authenticity, politics
medium: Op-Ed
“Nothing is sacred anymore, even the sacred. And even that most secret ritual of the Roman Catholic faith, the veiled black confessional box.
Once funeral homes began live-streaming funerals, it was probably inevitable. But now confessions are not only about touching the soul, but touching the screen.”
source: “Forgive Me, Father, for I Have Linked,” The New York Times, February 8, 2011.
category: Church, confession, sacred, technology
medium: Op-Ed
“Does Palin really think the average housewife in Ohio who can’t pay her bills is going to load up on ammo, board two different planes, camp out for two nights with a film crew and shoot a caribou so she can feed her family organic food?”
more infosource: “Pass the Caribou Stew,” The New York Times, December 7, 2010.
category: caribou, family, food, hunt, organic, Sarah Palin
medium: Op-Ed
“This was B.G. (Before Google.)”
more infosource: “Don’t Send In the Clones,” The New York Times, August 10, 2010.
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category: Google, history, time
medium: Op-Ed
“The man who preached about two Americas will be remembered for doing it with two faces.”
more infosource: “Kicking the Hornet’s Nest,” The New York Times, July 6, 2010.
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category: America, duplicity, John Edwards, lie, politics
medium: Op-Ed
“Sometimes the thing that’s weird about you is the thing that’s cool about you.”
more infosource: “My Deathless Passion for Dracula,” The New York Times, July 2, 2010.
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category: cool, identity, individuality, quirk, self, weird
medium: Op-Ed
“When you’re young, and even at times when you’re older, it’s hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that’s different, that sets you apart from the pack, rather than the stuff that helps you blend in.”
more infosource: “My Deathless Passion for Dracula,” The New York Times, July 2, 2010.
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category: advice, identity, individuality, school of life, self, unique
medium: Op-Ed
“Woe-is-me is not an attractive narrative.”
more infosource: “A Storyteller Loses the Story Line,” The New York Times, June 1, 2010.
category: narrative, self-pity, story
medium: Op-Ed
“When there’s an Associated Press bulletin quoting your husband saying that he has found his soul mate but he’s going to try to fall back in love with you, change the locks. (At your second home, too.)”
more infosource: “Rules of the Wronged,” The New York Times, June 30, 2009.
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category: adultery, breakup, divorce, governor, Governor Mark Sanford, Jenny Sanford, marriage, politics, soul mate
medium: Op-Ed
Maureen Dowd