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 December 11, 2008Opinion Today |
Heading Home: Doug GlanvilleDoug Glanville played Major League Baseball from 1996-2004.  I’m Doug Glanville and my wife approved this message. Being a major league baseball player has its perks, one of which is the wide-open access you can have to celebrities in all industries. I’ve met Mia Hamm, I’ve met “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, I’ve met Josh Groban, I’ve met Michael Jordan. If you added up all the stars I have encountered, the sum of their 15 or more minutes of fame could make a heckuva grandfather clock. . . . Read full post » ADVERTISEMENT Proof: David KramerAlcohol and American Life  Years ago, I had had a run of terrible luck in my life. My career was going nowhere. I thought about going to see a shrink, but I was totally broke and I didn’t want to get myself involved in anything that was going to cost me lots of time and money. So I went to see a psychic. In my mind, it was just like seeing a shrink, only instead of wasting all that time mulling over my past, I could set some totally arbitrary goals and navigate my life through them, moving forward. . . . Read full post » Bloggingheads.tvA regular series of video debates by Bloggingheads.tv  Ezra Klein of The American Prospect and Eve Fairbanks of The New Republic discuss whether Caroline Kennedy deserves Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. Watch the video » | The Opinionator: Tobin HarshawA guide to the wide world of newspaper, magazine and Web opinion. A Democrat's recommendation that Obama retain the C.I.A. director and national intelligence chief draws a mixed reaction. Read full post » The BoardA blog by the editorial writers of The New York Times The scramble to replace Senator Hillary Clinton is still in tryouts, and that means a lot of people besides professional politicans are asking for the job. Only one, however, appears to be publicly whining for it. That would be Fran Drescher, the television nanny whose trademarks are her industrial strength Queens accent and a laugh that might be particularly useful against glass ceilings. . . . Read full post » The Conscience of a Liberal: Paul KrugmanThe Op-Ed columnist's blog. Another day, another terrifying economic report, this time on unemployment claims. So are we now losing jobs at the rate of 600,000 a month? . . . Read full post » |
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"Your story is my story, so I’ll spare the details. I have been sober since November 11th, 2007, and for the first time I can remember, am living free of the noise that used to bang around in my head. I don’t miss the alcohol and drugs at all, or the drama that came with it. At 52, I guess I had done my dash. . . ." - Posted by Doug Graves, Dec. 11, 9:55 p.m.
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