What if you’re a deeply religious, socially conservative man or woman, and you have a son or daughter who, at age 15, says he or she is gay or transgender?
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4/17/15
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I’m not saying the sun isn’t shining as you read this (it’s always tricky to write about the weather) but the forecast looked dreadful this week.
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4/10/15
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Nobody knew Andreas Lubitz before March 24, when the 27-year-old pilot deliberately flew a Germanwings airplane into a mountain in the French Alps . . .
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4/3/15
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Occasionally, maybe once every 300 years, France actually does something that is intuitively correct, progressive and ethically enlightened.
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3/26/15
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Imagine a presidential candidate who has actually lived in the White House for eight years and been witness to the process of decision-making at the highest levels of government.
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3/20/15
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Florrie Schwartzberg was my first boss in the newspaper business. I know it’s slightly irregular in an obituary not to sing praises exclusively . . .
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3/12/15
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As we go about our lives, Dr. Oliver Sacks, 81, is facing the end of his. The brilliant neurologist and writer . . .
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3/5/15
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I am far enough away from my teenage years, and smart enough, I hope, to realize that I have no clue what interests and entertains teenagers today.
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2/26/15
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The mess at NBC news does remind me of a giant burger. In particular, Brian Williams appears so well put together . . .
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2/19/15
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My darling Zoe, who turns 15 this week, is very much the object of my love and attention, valentine-wise and otherwise.
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2/12/15
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