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Some years back -- well, OK, we're talking about the American Civil War -- there was a general named Ben Butler who hailed from Massachusetts, had an amazing amount of political pull, always seemed surrounded by corruption but somehow always kept his own head above water when it came to personally staying clear of the law. In defense of stepping out of line I went to see "Sweeney Todd" last week and the high point was after the movie when I headed for the men's room, passing a long line of women waiting to get into the women's, and when I got inside the men's, a tall woman in a long black coat emerged from a stall and walked out. She didn't run or skulk or sneak, she simply walked purposefully out of the men's toilet, having done what she needed to do, and didn't linger to hold a press conference or wash her hands. A couple of men glanced back from the urinals and noticed her and were very cool about it. "Was that a woman?" one of them asked. "Yes, she was," I said. The crime of switching positions During the presidential candidate debates last weekend, there was an issue (if it can be called that) that showed up in both Republican and Democratic debates. Letters to the Editor |
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