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Posts published in September 2009

Frank McCourt’s Wake

The crowd assembled Saturday afternoon at the Washington Square Bar & Grill in San Francisco to pay tribute to the fallen teacher and author of “Angela’s Ashes,” and “Teacher Man.” Most attendees were of an…

Teddy Kennedy, Hollow Champion

Teddy Kennedy's disasters were vivid. His legislative triumphs, draped in last week's obituaries with respectful homage, were far less colorful but they were actually devastating for the very constituencies — working people, organized labor —…

Letters to the Editor 9/2/2009

THE DEEP END Yikes! Our subscription nearly expired. We have enjoyed your writing/editing for a long time and were provoked to reminisce by one of your various retorts to a David Gurney letter. There was…

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