WASHINGTON — This won’t comfort Democrats mourning the loss of their filibuster-proof majority, but the existence of the filibuster is,…
Ellen Goodman Depending On You July 2, 2009 BOSTON — This is probably not the best week to air any…
opinion column
Ellen Goodman
BOSTON — I am not the sort of person who fills the e-mail inboxes of my friends with jokes. Nor do I harass my family with hyperlinks to the latest YouTube video of lobsters with Hula-Hoops.
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 in Afghanistan would be required by law “to fulfill the sexual desires of her husband.”
BOSTON — You have to admit that this gives new meaning to the idea of a “shovel-ready project.” There are now 1,100 square feet on the South Lawn of the White House being transformed into a kitchen garden. If Americans follow the first family’s lead, the seed pack will become the new stimulus package. At least we’ll have something to do with those pitchforks after the AIG bonus babies surrender their money.
BOSTON — I suppose this falls under the general heading: “Be Careful What You Wish For.”
BOSTON — Did you miss this in the post-election news? Sen. Robert Byrd, 91, announced that he will give up the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee to Sen. Daniel Inouye, 84. The torch has passed to a new generation.
BOSTON — I don’t know too many economists who get confused with preachers. But there are times when they talk…
BOSTON — To think that I had never focused blame on this particular part of the male anatomy. But there…
BOSTON — In the end, the most memorable line of the primary season may belong to Bill Clinton. He told…
WASHINGTON — Just below the text there was a Google ad inviting me to take a quiz. “Christian? Jewish? Muslim?…
On Tuesday, I got a sarcastic e-mail from a Hillary supporter. She forwarded a crack made by Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s…
I am sitting at the breakfast table taking my medicine. This drug is a cup of coffee formerly identified by…
BOSTON — Early in the week, someone showed her the headline that blared, “Kennedy Endorses Obama.” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend responded…
I have been thinking about Ann Dunham’s other child, the girl child, the one she had with her second husband….
BOSTON — Maybe I forgot to get my vaccination against the false-hope flu. Maybe the change mantra has finally overwhelmed…
ROCHESTER, N.H. — By Wednesday, the headlines that had blared “Panic” and “On the Edge” were as infamous as “Dewey…
I hate to release my inner fuddy-duddy this early in the year. So I’ll blame this rant on having spent…
