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Maureen Dowd on the Republican Party’s war against women

And the Fightback being led by Hillary Clinton. Read Maureen Dowd’s article

We need to talk about America

Read my article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald about the fault line in America today, a forerunner to a session I will be chairing at the Sydney Writer’s Festival at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday May 22 at 5.30 pm. For further information and bookings go to www.swf.org.au

Yes he could. The US gets health insurance!

And the President was right on the ball, thanking his supporters within hours of the historic vote. Like many millions of others, I received the following email from him:

Anne –

For the first time in our nation’s history, Congress has passed comprehensive health care reform. America waited a hundred years and fought for decades to reach [...]

If the US gets health insurance, it will be due to Nancy Pelosi

The speaker of the US House of Representatives has come into her own as she shepherds through the most important social change in US policy in decades. In this article she is described as “the only grown-up” in Washington and someone who, as she approaches her 70th birthday, is a wonderful role model for what [...]

Yes we can… but so far, Obama hasn’t

Read my article on President Barack Obama in today’s Sydney Morning Herald

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