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...children, on which she solicits financial contributions and provides links so that people can buy autographed copies of her books, tapes of her commentary for NPR and a CD she's created to go with one of her novels; subscribe to her newsletter; read reprints of her syndicated column; and peruse rambling letters about her latest doings. (Last week, we were delighted to learn, Maynard was in the Hamptons with her painter friend Paco, who "keeps a stew pot going, filled with some amazing concoction containing fish and potatoes and herbs and wine...
...call me Ishmael,[9] but I sympathize with Barnicle; it's doggone hard to write a column without borrowing ideas, and easy to forget to credit them. The way the Globe dealt with him was appropriate. Yet those who see a double standard have a point. The main reason Barnicle was able to hang on to his job is that a powerful network of whites leaped to his defense. Radio talk show host Don Imus, NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen and CNN's Larry King minimized the seriousness of Barnicle's transgressions. Staples...
...hasn't been a very good summer for columnists at the Globe. Six weeks ago, the newspaper fired popular columnist Patricia Smith for making up 48 different characters in her columns; now Barnicle, 54, gets caught with 10 stolen jokes for a column of 38 one-liners. It can be argued that Barnicle's crime is of a lesser degree--more an act of slothful corner cutting than corrupt journalism. Should he fall, many believe it will have less to do with the Carlin incident than an arrogance that has long irked colleagues--and the need for the paper...
...Christian and was appalled by Margaret Carlson's column on Anne and John Paulk, two homosexuals who embraced Christianity and are now a heterosexual couple [NOTEBOOK, July 27]. Carlson ended her piece by saying, "Maybe the lame walk and homosexuals become heterosexuals, but I doubt it." I do not know whether Carlson is a Christian, but what she said was inappropriate. Why is it that when a person claims to be a homosexual to further the left's agenda, it is applauded, but when a person claims to be a former homosexual who was saved by Christ, that person...
James J. Cramer writes for thestreet.com an investment website. He holds investments in AOL, Compaq, Dell, IBM and Maytag. Nothing in this column should be construed as advice on whether to buy or sell stocks...