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Senator Boxer speaks at the rededication ceremony for the Robert T. Matsui courthouse in Sacramento in July 2005. ((Sen. Barbara Boxer))
California Senator Barbara Boxer’s new novel is about scuttling a controversial Supreme Court nomination. She talks about the real-life efforts to prevent Samuel Alito getting on the Court. Plus: Student loans, tension between mothers and daughters, and what’s next for Hamas.
Boxer's Fight
Barbara Boxer, US Senator (D-CA) and author, A Time to Run (Chronicle, 2005)
- gives her take on the State of the Union, the nomination of Samuel Alito, and the Democrats' response to NSA wiretapping
» Senator Boxer (official site)
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- gives her take on the State of the Union, the nomination of Samuel Alito, and the Democrats' response to NSA wiretapping
» Senator Boxer (official site)
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The Loan Ranger
Stephen Burd, senior writer at Chronicle of Higher Education
- on the president's defense of the student loan budget cuts during the Q & A session at Kansas State University
» "Education Dept.'s Inspector General Says Lenders Should Return Money" by Stephen Burd in the ...
- on the president's defense of the student loan budget cuts during the Q & A session at Kansas State University
» "Education Dept.'s Inspector General Says Lenders Should Return Money" by Stephen Burd in the ...
Hamas and Handouts
Rafael Frankel, freelance journalist working for the Christian Science Monitor in Israel
- on the US's efforts to isolate Hamas
» "Hamas win shatters status quo" by Rafael Frankel in the Christian Science Monitor
- on the US's efforts to isolate Hamas
» "Hamas win shatters status quo" by Rafael Frankel in the Christian Science Monitor
You're Wearing That?
Deborah Tannen, Professor of linguistics at Gerogetown University and author, You're Wearing That? (Random House, 2006)
- on why Moms can get under their Daughters' skins like no one else
» You're Wearing That? by Deborah Tannen (Random House)
- on why Moms can get under their Daughters' skins like no one else
» You're Wearing That? by Deborah Tannen (Random House)
Photo File: Deborah Tannen
Linguist Tannen: take it easy on mom, sometimes she just doesn't understand