by J. Lynne on November 27, 2007
in Book Talk
I finished listening to The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright Sunday morning. Actually, I sat 10 minutes in my car in the Panera parking lot listening to the end, because I had to hear the last little bits, even though by that part in the book, [...]
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I’ve written about the local controversy regarding the Portland School Board’s recent vote to allow the Health Center at King Middle School to provide birth control to students who range in ages 11 to 14. It’s been in the national news quite a bit thanks to outraged conservative talk show hosts like O’Reilly [...]
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