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MARY ANN SORRENTINO

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Dark side of the military legend continues in Iraq

Casualties of  war  
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell once dismissed the infamous My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1968, saying, “In war, these sorts of horrible things happen every now and again, but they are still to be deplored.”
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  September 06, 2006

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Can anyone in America do basic math?

Rant
This week it’s already happened twice.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  August 30, 2006

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Please spare us the misery of reality tv

Culture watch
A woman I know was trying to convince her reluctant husband to be present in the delivery room when she was to give birth.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  August 17, 2006

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Mad Mel Gibson shows his true colors

Loose tongue
Reports by Los Angeles Sheriffs cite a number of virulent anti-Semitic quotes uttered by Mel Gibson during the actor-director’s recent arrest for allegedly driving under the influence.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  August 02, 2006

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Where are the movies on the war in Iraq?

Taboo Topics  
Oscar Wilde might have called 9/11 “the day we dare not speak its name.” He would have been correct, at least, that we dared not speak its name to make a buck — until now.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  July 26, 2006

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Greed will surely be the end of us

Bad Bucks
Pierre-Henri LeRoy, head of Proxinvest, a Parisian investor advisory service, tells the International Herald Tribune, “Here in France, greed has been legalized.”
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  July 05, 2006

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Queer superheroes challenge the far right

Comic Culture  
It’s official: Batwoman is coming back — as a lesbian.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  June 28, 2006

Spousal coverage perpetuates sexual stereotypes

Hillary watch  
As Hillary Clinton kicks off her Senate re-election run and gears up for what is expected to be a take-no-prisoners presidential bid for 2008, attention is focused on her marriage.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  June 14, 2006

The station disaster leaves a fraught search for the truth

Aftermath
If there are two sides to every story, then the saga of the Station nightclub fire must have at least 103 versions.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  June 08, 2006

America by the numbers: Bushies 10, US 0

Add it up  
As we approached deadline, the US Debt Clock’s Web site says that the national debt is $8,357,484,356,949.69.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  May 31, 2006

Ditto drama

Limbaugh’s anti-drug rhetoric reeks of hypocrisy  
It’s so reassuring when a holier-than-thou “family values” judgmental-type turns out to be human. Rush Limbaugh certainly made my weekend.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  May 03, 2006

Wild Kingdom

The connection between men and their balls
A recent article in the British magazine the Economist describes a scientific study done at Syracuse University by professor Scott Pitnick, focusing on the biological relationship between bats, their testicles, and their brains (some readers are now asking, “Why?”).
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  April 28, 2006

Celebrity skin

Couric’s ascent speaks volumes about the state of TV news
There were once television news people like Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, and David Brinkley — anchors whom you could actually believe.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  April 12, 2006

Freedom’s Home

Why do us prisons keep women giving birth in chains?
This is America, reputed to be the “land of the free and home of the brave.” Yet in 2006, some women are still being kept in chains — literally and legally.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  March 15, 2006

Kass’s ‘rage’ is part and parcel of talk radio

Angry White Men
Recently criticized for his sarcastic email response to David Quiroa, a Latino party leader, Carcieri communications guru Steve Kass explained that his “rage” from his talk-radio days got the best of him.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  March 02, 2006

Got Choice?

Bush’s reign marks a troubling time for abortion supporters
I hope for the day when my daughter and granddaughter will never have to write — or read — columns like this one.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 19, 2006

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Money Matters

Our currency reflects the real cultural value of women
In 1979, at the height of the so-called “women’s movement” in America, a dollar coin was issued featuring the image of the feminist suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 18, 2006

Pride Italia

A rebuke to Alito’s nationalistic supporters
I am an Italian-American and proud of my roots in Italy. I speak Italian fluently, travel to Italy regularly, and treasure the ethic of my grandparents — and so many like them — who came here with nothing but hope and built solid lives for themselves and their progeny.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 09, 2006
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