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MARY ANN SORRENTINO

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Hillary and Pelosi’s strides mask a lack of progress

Gender 2007
Women like Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi are widely disrespected, especially in the conservative climate that has clouded the nation’s perspective since Ronald Reagan.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  May 30, 2007

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Will time have passed Buddy by?

Cianci watch
Wherever Buddy Cianci does his first radio show, the host station is guaranteed to have a huge audience.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  May 02, 2007

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Alito and Co. deal a bitter blow to American women

Choice
April 17 should go down in infamy as the date when the United States Supreme Court made it official: women don’t matter.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  April 25, 2007

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Imus’s downfall is a setback for free speech

Axed
Maybe you hadn’t noticed, but you lost something last week.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  April 18, 2007

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Why are some lives more important than others?

Bodies
Friendly-fire deaths represent just one percent of US military casualties in Iraq, according to figures provided by our government.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  April 11, 2007

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Zealots seem to eliminate homosexuality in the womb

Early orientation
The same gang that for decades has warred against any invasion of the womb in which a developing fetus resides now hopes to put a fetus on a sure road to heterosexuality.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  April 04, 2007

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Vicenza to Washngton: No thanks

Americans abroad
By next Christmas, 40 percent of the British presence in Iraq is expected home.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  February 28, 2007

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We’ve got to settle our differences without violence

Hanging together
Americans cling to the myth that we will never experience hand-to-hand combat on our own soil.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  February 14, 2007

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Hubris ’“R” Us

Corruption is propelled by petty power needs
Rhode Islanders are once again preparing to watch an elected official head to prison.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  February 07, 2007

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Got Members?

RI is overrun by archaic boards and commissions
Post-9/11 Rhode Island has only one state Emergency Management board, while a 1995 statutory commission to examine workplace sexual harassment remains inactive.  
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 31, 2007

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It’s time for real nepotism reform on Smith Hill

Got Cumattas ?
Anyone who has spent time around state government is well aware of how the bane of many state workers is the “girlfriend” who gets a job because of non-job-related skills.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 17, 2007

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A plea to the democrats in congress

State of the nation
Perhaps the new Democratic majority in Congress can slow down, if not bring to a halt, the current presidential insanity.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 10, 2007

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What’s the link between religion and sex scandals?

Moral nation
Does the heady scent of burning incense, the glow of blazing candles, and the moan of a church organ cause some to fall from the high ground of propriety, fidelity, and chastity?
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 03, 2007

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Bush the Elder reduces GOP stoicism to sob story

Boys don’t cry
Hillary Clinton has to studiously avoid being seen as weak, lest she fall prey to a gender-based double standard, thereby quickly losing her shot at the White House.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  December 20, 2006

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Carcieri should consider his own office for fiscal savings

Budget buster
The president of the US, who earns $400,000 a year, traditionally has the top-paying federal job.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  December 06, 2006

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Where’s the brotherly love for gays and lesbians?

Equal rites
I enjoyed Brokeback Mountain and thought it did a good job of trying to give the rest of the world a window into the joys and sorrows of men loving men.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  November 29, 2006

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In 2006, women still get a raw deal

Gender  
What reparation can women seek — like the 40 acres and a mule due slaves after the American Civil War — to compensate our 2000 years of discrimination?
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  November 21, 2006

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The constant fight for reproductive rights

Your choice
One church in South Dakota held round-the-clock prayer vigils, asking God to keep that state’s toughest-ever law criminalizing abortions.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  November 15, 2006

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After South Dakota

Abortion battles  
On the eve of the midterm elections, one church in South Dakota held round-the-clock prayer vigils imploring God to keep the state’s toughest-ever law criminalizing abortions on the books.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  November 14, 2006

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The abysmal response to Katrina shows misguided priorities

Domestic matters
The estimated $2.5 trillion to be spent by the US in Iraq would be better used to help our own suffering citizens.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  September 13, 2006
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