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  • Kennedy Story Again

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    Check this out, it's getting a lot of attention for obvious reasons: My Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Story

    And here's my take on Ted Kennedy's death: Ted Kennedy, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

    What do you think?


    Here's where you can [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Bob Novak Could Sting, But He Was Really A Honey

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    "Beneath the surface, Novak was a sweetie.." Bernadette Malone, former Novak reporter; Senior Editor, Penguin

    "There was nothing more fun after a long day than to sit down with Bob Novak and argue about capital-gains taxes, the Fed, the Contras" [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • OMG! PHILLIES WIN WORLD SERIES!

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    AP


    YA GOTTA BELIEVE! Tug McGraw, threw winning pitch of 1980 World Series, RIP, Tug

    Well yeah, 1980 and 2008 ... something karmic there.

    My throat hurts from screaming, right in my own living room.

    My hand hurts (my good arm) from high-fiving [...]

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    Posted: October 29, 2008, 11:42pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Yo, Phillies, Go For It!

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    Language, smanguage, we just want to WIN!


    [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2008, 6:23pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Paul Newman, No Failure To Communicate With Me

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    Warning: If you feel as I do about Paul Newman, this will make you cry.








    No one can deny the timeless appeal of Paul Newman. No one will ever replace his precise blend of sex appeal, sensibility, intelligence and [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2008, 2:17pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Shouldering Some Surgery, See You in 3-4 Weeks

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    This is not me, I have much better muscle tone.


    I'm serving notice to all you active young pups still south of 50: Beware Father Time. Especially if you're an athlete. Or a fitness freak. Or both. Trust me, that wonderful, endorphin-enhanced pounding high you're getting now' [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2008, 1:07am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Best. Campaign. Twofer. Ever.

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    Blending the names of a twosome, whether celebrity couple or political running mates has become a big trend.

    Now that Obama is the nominee and has chosen his Veep, the Twofers are starting.

    On Letterman Monday night they came up with some [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2008, 11:59pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Politicians' Infidelity - Playing with Power

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    "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." Lao Tzu

    I don't want to talk about John and Elizabeth Edwards. They have enough on their plates. They don't need anything from me that feeds the [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2008, 4:45pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • On Widowhood After (gasp!) Two Years

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    "Celebrations of anniversaries of disasters provide opportunities, as do holidays." Joey Skaggs
    Two years ago today my sister's husband was killed in a plane crash. She's shared her feelings about widowhood several times here. Every time I learned something. [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2008, 3:52pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Picture Terror

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    AP

    "The terrorist yelled, 'God is great.' I grabbed Oron's handgun and fired three bullets. As soon as I was sure he was dead I lifted the gun so as not to hurt passersby." Israel Policeman Eli Mizrahi

    Picture yourself on vacation, sleeping' [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2008, 7:02pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Heading Back to the Homeland

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    The picture above is from my nephew's wedding this February in Israel. There's nothing like a wedding to bring people together.

    Our family's weddings in Israel do more than that -- they bring worlds together. I missed this one because I had' [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2008, 6:50pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Hillary. Oh Hillary

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    "Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible." Ben Okri

    I watched. I choked up. I was uplifted. I was, as usual, impressed. The rest is about grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance.

    I am one [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2008, 3:46pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Obama's Pyrrhic Victory

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    "Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." Henry Brooks Adams

    Let's face it, Barack Obama didn't so much win as Hillary Clinton lost. Just as Obama will lose to McCain. That's' [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2008, 3:43pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • DNC Follies

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    Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

    "This body of 30 individuals has decided that they're going to substitute their judgment for 600,000 [Michigan] voters." Harold Ickes

    I tried hard to watch the DNC rules committee hearing. Really I did. I know many of the players.' [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • SATC - Entertainment, Not Politics

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    "... we have come a long way. No question. Definitely. But it's not because of 'Sex and the City.' It's because of what real women have done in real lives, not on TV sets." Susie Bright

    Just when my brain is about to [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2008, 3:09pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Air Travel Tips

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    "Today, most people consider just getting there to be the only remaining value in air travel." Zagat Survey
    It's travel season and as a seasoned traveler I'm sharing some tips on how to make your airplane trip smoother, easier and a little safer.
    [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2008, 12:01pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • FL Jews vs Obama or the New York Times?

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    Eric Thayer for The New York Times

    Shirley Weitz, right, talking to Ruth Grossman in Boynton Beach, Fla. The Jews she knows will not vote for Senator Barack Obama, Ms. Weitz said, because of “his attitude toward Israel.”

    There's an article in' [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2008, 6:09pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Happy and HEALTHY Birthday, Karen

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    "Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye." Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
    Today is my niece Karen's birthday. You could ask, who gives a whoop besides her' [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2008, 10:13am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Family Fun Facts

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    "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it." Erma Bombeck

    Okay, so I'm a week late for Mother's Day. Most mothers are farther behind than that.

    I was supposed to leave for Israel today but my sore' [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2008, 10:33am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Hillary's Last Stand?

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    HillaryClinton.com - Action
    "A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. To quit while losing is to lose while quitting." Napoleon Hill
    Here's the latest email from Hillary. It's called Florida and Michigan. Here's what it says: Millions of voters' [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2008, 5:21pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Reflections on Israel's 60th

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    Yamit, Israel 1978, Israel's 30th Birthday

    "If you liked the book, you'll love the country." Israeli Tourist Bureau
    Most people who write about Israel do so passionately, unable to suppress their beliefs, ideologies, politics. That's okay. Israel has sparked supercharged emotions from its' [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2008, 2:31pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Liz Spikol and 'Mad Pride'

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    Shea Roggio for The New York Times

    "It's not a 'mental' illness, it's a medical condition." Dale Neaman

    So there she is, Liz Spikol, profiled in the New York Times and on the Huffington Post, back to back. Wow. How cool is [...]

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    Posted: May 14, 2008, 10:19am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Gore and Kerry and Clinton, Oh My

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    "All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats." Groucho Marx

    In the democratic process, it's not over til it's over.

    In the Democratic Party, it's over when somebody is publicly excoriated, humiliated and undermined by lies, innuendo and personal agendas.[...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2008, 4:41pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Jenna Bush, AKA J-BU

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    "I think this wedding is one of the most special ones we've done." Donald Trump
    Okay, now that the pictures are out, I have to dish. I didn't think I'd care and really, I don't. But still, to see such crashing [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 2:03pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • KAREN ANDERSON

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    Karen at the beach

    "The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing." Publilius Syrus

    My niece Karen and her husband have been raising a son with a rare cancer called VHL. I've written about him so often it seemed' [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 5:47pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Hag Sameah ve Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel

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    Title Translation: Happy Birthday and Independence Day to Israel


    "The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples." Henry Kissinger

    Israel as a soverign nation is now 60 years old. Seems it's been around forever, doesn't it? I guess that's because most' [...]

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    Posted: May 08, 2008, 1:48pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Barbara Walters Really Is Baba Wawa

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    "I guess it's good to be made fun of, I guess that means you're slightly famous." Barbara Walters

    If you're an early Baby Boomer you remember Gilda Radner's hilarious send-ups of Barbara Walters on Saturday Night Live. More than parodying her [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 4:52pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day

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    "I stand here on this cursed ground, from which the cries of our brothers will forever resound, I salute our six million brothers and sisters... I salute the ashes of our people and vow 'never again.'" Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2008, 5:49pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Billy and Miley Sittin in a Tree

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    Annie Liebovitz

    "That’s just my personality. I don’t get shaken or stirred up over anything. Which can be a problem sometimes. I’m just, like, so no emotions. I just don’t let things faze me. I’m very much like my dad. My dad’s [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2008, 3:26pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Eye Catching Views of Karen

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    "With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things." William Wordsworth
    For those keeping up with the saga of my niece Karen, who lost her right eye [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 5:37pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Mormon Moms and Miley

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    Annie Leibovitz
    "There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the parents are stronger than children." Bertrand Russell
    There's an old cliche that says people will do almost anything [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2008, 3:29pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • GenX vs Baby Boomers?

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    "A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten." John [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2008, 11:44am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Hillary. Clinton. PA and Beyond



    "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." Margaret Thatcher

    It's come down to good old PA, just as I predicted it would. Please, people, pay attention: the focus has GOT to be [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2008, 1:41pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Update on Karen

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    "True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes."
    My niece had surgery to remove her right eye last Wednesday. Oh yeah. Really. Of course I wrote about it here. Pray for Karen Please.

    Karen came through the operation [...]
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    Posted: April 21, 2008, 10:42am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Pray for Karen Please

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    "The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart." Michael Nolan

    Last summer I wrote about my niece's heroic battle with a vicious cancer called ocular melanoma. At the time, though the surgical treatment was rough, [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2008, 9:22am EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • El Sistema - Drums, Not Guns

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    "A child's physical poverty is overcome by the spiritual richness that music provides." Dr. José Antonio Abreu

    Did you watch 60 Minutes Sunday night? If so, you were inspired and humbled by a story about a music program call El Sistema [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2008, 5:17pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Show Us Your Boob Job


    Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times

    "I'm so scared girls look at my breast implants and think, 'To get boys, you need big boobs.' I tell them, 'Don't get it done. Those fears go away. You develop other insecurities, but breasts aren't one of [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 3:56pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Hilton Headache



    "Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living." Barry C. Forbes

    Another business trip to a vacation resort. This time it's Hilton Head, South Carolina. AKA "The Low Country." Not sure what that means but I [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2008, 2:40pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Obama's Slick Oil Ad



    "The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different." Aldous Huxley

    The more things change, the more they remain the same. Barack Obama supporters say he's a [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 5:57pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Are You A Feminist?

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    "Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the latter, so I sign up." Margaret Atwood

    I'm lucky--and free--enough to call myself a feminist. Women in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Darfur, too many other [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 2:49pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Iraq War - 5 Years Too Long, 4 K Too Many

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    Mike Rosen visited the grave of his friend, Sergeant Michael Carlson, yesterday in a section of Arlington National Cemetery dedicated to US servicemen and women who have lost their lives in Iraq since 2003. That number passed the 4,000 mark Sunday. (WIN McNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES)

    [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2008, 3:06pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Good Friday - Religion 101



    "As a Christian I don't condemn you for saying or thinking what you have, you certainly have that right, but don't be taking away my rights as a Christian to believe and say what I want to. Besides, why do you hate a God [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 2:37pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Cats and Cardio

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    lolcats.com "There is something about the presence of a cat...that seems to take the bite out of being alone." Louis Camuti
    At your next dinner party, forget politics, sex or religion. Just bring up the subject of cats and dogs and the fur [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 4:55pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Sex and the City Countdown

    Number of comments: 3

    Craig Blankenhorn/New Line Cinema

    "After years of living in the city, I always assumed that if my friends and I ever got our fairy tale endings, that would be the end of the story." Carrie Bradshaw
    They're ba-aack. Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte. They've [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 4:19pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Gerry Ferraro Speaks Straight

    Number of comments: 3


    "In all honesty, do you think that if he were a white male, there would be a reason for the black community to get excited for a historic first? Am I pointing out something that doesn't exist?" Geraldine Ferraro

    The 2008 presidential primary [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 8:05pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Silda Wall Spitzer



    "I don't think that it's the [First Lady] label that counts so much, it's really what gets done. And in my professional life, I've been working the last 10 years to get children and youth involved in civic engagement and giving back to the [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 4:46pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Spitzer: Show Spine, Don't Resign

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    "When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    Note to those currently salivating over the Spitzer scandal: you're all wet. We need leaders like Eliot Spitzer. He's one [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2008, 2:45pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Dry Bones for Israel's Wet Eyes

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    "Their lives were a testimony to the values which are shared by both Israel and the United States -- lives of religious commitment and tolerance, the spirit of independent thinking and living, and love of one's fellow human beings. Terrorists cannot live with [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2008, 2:41pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Another Sane Voice for Hillary

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    "The campaign is going very well. Very, very well. Why, what have you heard?" Hillary Clinton on SNL

    I'm still a one-armed bandit. If I ever typed with one hand in the 90's (no jokes please), that skill is long gone now. [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2008, 1:50pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Hand Me Some Karma Please

    Number of comments: 2


    "According to the karma of past actions, one's destiny unfolds, even though everyone wants to be so lucky." Sri Guru Granth Sahib

    Here we go again. Surgery on my hand Friday. Left, which is good since I'm a righty. Still, I'll be [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 7:51pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Open Letter to MoveOn.org

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    "I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense." Dwight David Eisenhower

    The old cliche is true: no good deed goes unpunished. I've been a vocal supporter of MoveOn.org from day one, giving [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 11:33am EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Joe Wilson's Case For Hillary

    Number of comments: 1

    thesituationist.files.wordpress.com

    "Contrary to the myth of [Obama's] campaign, 2008 is not the year for transcendental transformation." former ambassador Joseph Wilson

    Joe Wilson, who's been there done that (think Plamegate), goes on:
    The task for the next administration will be to repair the damage [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 2:49pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Another Valentine's Day



    "It's true that it doesn't make sense straight off the bat that someone would shop for a Valentine's Day gift at Home Depot. But we do see a high volume of traffic just before the holiday." John Simley

    There you go. Valentins's Day [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 4:37pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Florida - Parents, Not Politics

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    "Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life." Herbert Henry Asquith

    We've been in Florida. Just as well, since my head was about to explode, sending political fragments all over the place. I've been overwhelmed by [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 3:01pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Super Tuesday - Not A Game


    HillaryClinton.com - Welcome
    "I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down." Hillary Clinton
    Almost eight years ago, millions of Americans heard a [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 12:28pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Super Bowl Mom


    Donald Miralle, Getty Images

    "I mean, look, they played well. They made some plays. We made some plays. In the end, they made a couple more than we did." Bill Belichick

    Oh please. The New England Patriots have set awesome records and [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2008, 1:35pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Britney - Yesterday and Today



    Question: There are some of rumors going around right now (none of which I believe are true) but, how do feel about them and how do you handle it?Britney Spears: Well, first of all, of course, all of the rumors are not true. [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2008, 3:35pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Barack Obama Kennedy?

    Number of comments: 1

    Gerald Martineau -- The Washington Post

    "There must be a Camelot, a hidden Utopia where we can rest from our personal campaigns. Fantasy opens our eyes to a better place, a shining city we do not yet know." Bryan Davis

    I'm a serious, [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 4:53pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Amy Z. Quinn - My New Friend

    Number of comments: 1

    "Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!" Amanda Bradley
    You know that thrill you get when you meet someone and just click? I'm not talkin' sex here, people, although feel free to [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2008, 3:51pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Our Night with the Harlem Globetrotters

    Number of comments: 4


    "As long as families remain important in this world, the [Harlem] Globetrotters will remain a priority." Eathan O'Bryant

    This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the Harlem Globetrotters, the remarkably gifted and entertaining team known as the "clown princes of basketball."
    [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 2:49pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • The New York Times: Hillary and McCain

    Number of comments: 1


    "If you look at the history of endorsements in this campaign, they haven't had a lot of sway with voters, which is understandable, ... Voters make their own decisions in presidential campaigns." John Edwards

    Seemingly out of nowhere and so quietly you could hear [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2008, 3:51pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • 1-2-3

    Number of comments: 1


    "If last year was our Silver Anniversary, what's this year?" my husband
    "This year is our Tire Iron Anniversary." me

    Today is our wedding anniversary. We've been married 26 years, no small accomplishment. Friends used to ask if I chose January [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2008, 1:30pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • MLK: If I Had Sneezed



    "If I had sneezed, I wouldn't have had a chance...to try to tell America about a dream that I had had." Martin Luther King, Jr

    I know an inside story about Dr. Martin Luther King. I bet most of you've never heard it. [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2008, 5:23pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Kids Sliced and Diced

    Number of comments: 2


    "How can you sit there day after day and watch kids be victimized?" Jack Stollsteimer, PA safe-schools advocate

    Stop me if you heard this: two teenage girls walk up to a bus stop on their way home from their new high school. A [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2008, 4:04pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Campaign 08 - The Media Race

    Number of comments: 2

    Cecil Stoughton, White House Press Office

    "We differ on a lot of things. And it is critical to have the right kind of discussion on where we stand. But when it comes to civil rights and our commitment to diversity, when it comes to [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 3:27pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Obama and Nutter - Repeating Myself

    Number of comments: 4

    Clem Murray/Phila Inquirer
    "The country needs to elect a black president someday soon. Then we can get past race as an issue. Obama may be the one.

    My hesitation due to his slim resume is he will be a lousy president because I [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 1:59pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Match Dot Politician

    Number of comments: 2

    (image slightly altered)

    "A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong." Edwin P. Whipple

    Think you know which candidate best fits your personal and political ideology?
    Do you know [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 2:04pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • The Clinton Crying Outcry

    Number of comments: 2


    "In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well." Senator Edmund S. Muskie

    "You know, this is very personal for me. It's [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2008, 6:38pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Youth for Obama - Adult or Cult?

    Number of comments: 5

    [www.weeklystandard.com]

    "Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age." Ambrose Bierce
    Barack Obama's appeal to younger voters has a false bottom. It's more image than substance. Jingoism and star power [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 11:23am EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Iowa Caucuses - Perception, Not Reality

    Number of comments: 2

    Reuters/Jim Young
    "None of this worries me -- Sept. 11, there were times I was worried." Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani

    The Iowa Caucuses are typically a referendum less on big candidates than small ones. Mostly they're about strategy, positioning, advancing. Small state, [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2008, 2:06pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • 2007 Follies



    "Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame." Samuel Johnson

    We can only hope. But why not end 2007 with trash, it's been that kind of a year. So I grabbed this from AOL's home page: Top 11 [...]
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    Posted: December 31, 2007, 5:45pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Remembering Those Lost In 2007

    Number of comments: 1

    "Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces." Horace
    I was lucky this year. I didn't suffer many personal losses. Some of my friends and family did. The world of arts and letters did. Sports too. [...]
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    Posted: December 30, 2007, 3:46pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Bhutto Should've Read the NYT


    Aamir Qureshi/Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images

    "This is Pakistan. And Pakistan is a very dangerous and violent place." Wendy Chamberlin, former US ambassador to Pakistan

    So, this is another one the Bush administration didn't see coming?
    U.S. Officials See Waste in Billions [...]
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    Posted: December 28, 2007, 1:10pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • On Widowhood - The Next Phase

    Number of comments: 3

    Judy on her recent trip to Israel
    "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein

    My sister Judy and I tend to become experts on almost everything life throws our way. It's how we learn, cope, grow, survive. [...]
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    Posted: December 21, 2007, 2:35pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Number of comments: 2


    "It's good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me." Ashleigh Brilliant
    If you want an example of the decline of responsibility in American culture, look no farther than Philly. Especially this week. From the [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2007, 4:26pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Suzie's Dad - A Righteous Man

    Number of comments: 2


    "No monuments are erected for the righteous; their deeds perpetuate their memory." John Lennon

    My friend Suzie lost her father November 28 to a sudden coronary, blessedly in his sleep. It's tragic on many levels, not the least that age 67 is [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2007, 7:19pm EST
    by Sally Swift

  • Steroids - Kiss My Asterisk



    "Records achieved while a player was relying on chemical assistance, should be prominently marked with an asterisk to signify that the achievement was less praiseworthy than it seems." New York Times Editorial

    In a surprisingly puerile editorial on the "shocking" Steroids [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2007, 10:03am EST

  • Mexico - Include Me Out

    Number of comments: 2

    ADW: Iguana iguana: Information

    "A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with nostalgia." (but not always...)
    We're home from our vacation at a ritzy all-included resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. My husband won the [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2007, 12:55pm EST

  • My Chanukah Gift to You

    Number of comments: 1

    "Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group in Iraq with Lets Say Thanks cards and a Give2TheTroops care package."

    "May your charity increase as much as your wealth." Proverbs I'm back from wherever we went. It was ... an interesting trip. I'll [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2007, 1:52pm EST

  • Happy Chanukah and Peace To All

    Number of comments: 1

    Holy Temple Lights - Chanukah with Aish

    "The windows of the Temple were backward to signify that more than the Temple needed the light of the sun, an often darkened world needs the light of Torah. Let there be light!" Rabbi [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2007, 11:06am EST

  • Righteous Anger Over Sean Taylor

    Number of comments: 1


    "We have buried 200 Sean Taylors in this city this year... They deserve our tears, too, for they may have been anonymous to you, but they weren't to their mothers and fathers, their best friends and lovers, their teachers and mentors." David Aldridge, [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2007, 1:05pm EST

  • Mal Johnson Memorial



    "She was an exceptional trailblazer, whose tenacity and talent made NABJ and the world better." Kathy Times, NABJ Vice President of Broadcast

    Last week I wrote about Mal Johnson, broadcast pioneer and my very first boss. I received a [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2007, 11:21am EST

  • Eagles Flew It, Andy Blew It

    Number of comments: 3


    Yong Kim, Phila Daily News

    "Three points. The Patriots and three points. It's killing me." Andy Reid

    Tell me about it.

    Were you screaming in joyous disbelief at the Eagles-Patriots game most of last night?

    Jumping, pumping, high-fiving. [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2007, 1:58pm EST

  • Giving Thanks



    "If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you', it will be enough." Meister Eckhart
    When it comes to giving thanks, I wasn't so much in the mood this year. Our family's had a rough one. Life-threatening [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2007, 2:51pm EST

  • My Baldwin School Education

    Number of comments: 4

    The Baldwin School

    "It's the genteel anti-Semitism of the time. Jews were politely shut out of the country clubs and the higher echelons of WASP culture." Dan Wackerman

    My alma mater's been in the news lately. Some parents claim a teacher mistreated their [...]

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    Posted: November 16, 2007, 6:32am EST

  • Fighting Poverty, One Grain At A Time

    Number of comments: 1

    FreeRice

    "Many words are poverty." Greek proverb

    My sister Judy sent me a link to a word game produced by the good people at Poverty.com. It tests your vocabulary. Maybe even helps build it. If you play, you'll help build [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2007, 2:00pm EST

  • Mal Johnson - Boss and Friend

    Number of comments: 4


    "If anyone cries or starts to feel sorry for me, Ill come back and kick their ass." Mal Johnson, last words

    Mal Johnson was my first boss. She was the real deal. Smart. Personable. Hard-working. Genuine. Modest, sometimes almost self-effacing. Yet at [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2007, 9:32am EST

  • Sally Swift, Comic Heroine



    "Sally is, with her live-in companion, Frank Universal, one of the agency 's top agents. The WSU employs the services of a number of highly motivated, jungle-trained agents in Africa and Asia." Frank Universal and Sally Swift of the W.S.U.

    Hmm.

    [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2007, 2:23pm EST

  • Andy Reid's Bad Seeds

    Number of comments: 1


    "I liked being the rich kid in that area and having my own high-status life. I could go anywhere in the 'hood. They all knew who I was. I enjoyed it. I liked being a drug dealer." Garrett Reid

    "This is a family [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2007, 3:22pm EST

  • Daily Schmaily

    Number of comments: 2

    tami-foto

    "A moment's paws" Tami Curtis

    Yeah, I know it says Daily Sally up there, but it's not like anybody's paying me or anything. In fact, sometimes I have to put the DS rants and ravings aside to meet deadlines on a paid [...]

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    Posted: November 02, 2007, 3:10pm EDT

  • Urine Trouble

    Number of comments: 1


    "Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work." Al Capp
    Warning! Though I am a hard-core card-carrying commie-pinko bleeding heart liberal, I have been known to espouse some conservative ideas. Here comes one.

    This particular Eureka! moment [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2007, 3:13pm EDT

  • Ugly Philly



    "It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly." Oscar Wilde

    Yo! Who youse callin ugly? You dissin da city of Brudderly Love? Faggedaboudit.

    So maybe we talk ugly and [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2007, 1:12pm EDT

  • Sex and the Student

    Number of comments: 1


    "I don't know where you draw the line. It just has to be done in such a way that people are using common sense." Archie McAfee, executive director, Texas Association of Secondary School Principals

    Whoa. Wait a minute. Charging a 7-year-old with sexual [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2007, 4:14pm EDT

  • Cornbread and Me

    Number of comments: 2

    (Click the pic and find me.)
    Cornbread. Cool Earl. The two most prolific graffiti artists in Philly during the 70's. If you knew how to read back then, you knew those names, recognized their distinctive tags. Especially Cornbread's.

    I'm conflicted about graffiti. Lots [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2007, 3:54pm EDT

  • Kenny Speaks His Mind

    Number of comments: 3


    "The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children." King Edward VIII

    It's my nephew's birthday. He's 23 and already well on his way to a brilliant future. Yet today I'm thinking about his childhood. [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2007, 3:00pm EDT

  • Al Gore & Inconvenient Republicans

    Number of comments: 2


    "Having served in the White House with the Gingrich Congress, and having watched the best of intentions so often turned into small changes ballyhooed as revolutionary, sometimes having no lasting mark, I really do believe that fixing the dynamic of democracy is an urgent [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2007, 3:08pm EDT

  • Atlanta - Southern Hospitality?

    Number of comments: 3


    "Frankly, My Dear, I don't give a damn." Rhett Butler and me

    Everybody should get out of town occasionally. It's good for the mind, body and soul to get off the hometown treadmill, even if part of the trip means jumping on [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2007, 12:21pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Read Confetti Betty



    "Yep, even The Boss gets booed. Like I said, this is Philly." Amy Z. Quinn, aka Confetti Betty

    Giving up my turn today so you can read Amy's McClatchy alt.campaign column for the Philly skinny. Including Bono, Rudi, the Phillies and the [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2007, 7:33pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Columbus Day - Feh

    Number of comments: 1


    "Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America." James Joyce

    I so don't care about Columbus Day. Not to rank on my friends of Italian descent, but really, a federal holiday for a man [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2007, 3:54pm EDT
    by Sally Swift

  • Phillies Turn It Off



    "The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers." Earl Weaver

    My heart is broken. Go ahead, laugh, mock, whatever. When you live in a rabid sports town whose teams come thisclose year after year and then fold, we [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2007, 4:32pm EDT
    by Sally Swift
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