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...religion and liberal in politics. For years, I have been told by people on both sides of the political spectrum that this is a contradiction. Liberal acquaintances--especially at Harvard--who know my political leanings cannot fathom why I associate myself with the church of Peninsula, John Cardinal O'Connor, fanatical anti-abortionists, the Index of Banned Books and the Spanish Inquisition. They question my credentials as a liberal free thinker and, quite often, as an intelligent person...
This coming week, coed Captain Jim Bowers will sail with Assistant Coach Mike O'Connor to the Snow and Satisfaction Regatta, an invitation-only regatta open to current All-Americas and top alumni from around North America. The three-day competition--which in the past has hosted sailors such as Dennis Conner--will feature high-level sailing in a relaxed atmosphere...
...served Ronald Reagan as a personal lawyer in California and then as U.S. Attorney General; of cancer; in Los Angeles. As Attorney General from 1981 to 1985, Smith championed efforts to weaken civil rights laws and antitrust enforcement. His most historic act: advocating the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court...
...unlike O'Connor's character, Bulger doesn't seem to think he's ready for his last hurrah...
Bulger has been in office a long time, almost 30 years in the state legislature, and to many observers he bears a more than passing resemblance to the ultra-literate Irish pol Frank Skeffington in Edwin O'Connor's novel The Last Hurrah...