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Why the Mumia case is a watershed (or a waste of time); Anne Lamott is wrong on Vietnam; the Web helps racists find friends.
Letters to the Editor
July 16, 1999
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I don't regret protesting Vietnam, but "Return With Honor" has humbled me before the heroism of our military.
By Anne Lamott
July 8, 1999
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The death of a beloved friend makes plain the beauty of this world.
By Anne Lamott
June 24, 1999
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Learning to bake a good loaf of bread is not an easy thing, especially when you've got a broken bread machine.
By Anne Lamott
June 10, 1999
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Ad was from hell, but so is the lawsuit; Horowitz should blame GOP for security lapses.
Letters to the Editor
June 4, 1999
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Slick packaging can't hide a disfigured soul or fearful spirit. Just ask the pastor of the Church of 80 Percent Sincerity.
By Anne Lamott
May 27, 1999
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As the world crumbles, I string together beads of faith.
By Anne Lamott
May 13, 1999
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For my birthday this year, God gave me the gift of grace.
By Anne Lamott
April 29, 1999
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In the midst of war in Kosovo, my brother's marriage sanctifies the exchange of love and light in a flurry of bubbles and rose petals.
By Anne Lamott
April 15, 1999
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Unfortunately, you can't have your true authentic healed whole self
and buns of steel. Anne Lamott on why redemption doesn't work that
way.
By Anne Lamott
April 1, 1999
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Anne Lamott considers how you explain death to a kid who wants to be cryogenically frozen.
By Anne Lamott
March 18, 1999
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A new member of the big, comfy underpants set ponders why women are
ostracized for 'letting themselves go.
By Anne Lamott
March 4, 1999
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It turns out faith is like a little cat that you let in once and feed, and it stays forever.
By Anne Lamott
February 19, 1999
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Despite meeting an intelligent Christian, I was not quite ready to give up a life of shame, failure, X-rated motels and Scotch just yet.
By Anne Lamott
February 12, 1999
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My father believed that "nature bats last" -- and it did, unfolding my family's destiny.
By Anne Lamott
February 5, 1999
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Living a double life as studious teenage tennis champ and dope-smoking, lost child, I couldn't find peace until I gave up competition.
By Anne Lamott
January 29, 1999
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By Anne Lamott
January 22, 1999
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In the first of five excerpts from her new book, "Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith," Anne Lamott recalls her atheist upbringing and the allure of the religion of her Catholic friends.
By Anne Lamott
January 15, 1999
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No one tells you that the profound tiredness you feel in your child's first year of life doesn't go away with the 2 a.m. feedings.
By Anne Lamott
January 8, 1999
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A dying woman calls her community together to thank it, to say goodbye -- and to dance.
By Anne Lamott
December 23, 1998
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Experts, pundits and kibitzers weigh in on Washington's weirdest week
Interviews conducted by Lori Leibovich and Daryl Lindsey
December 18, 1998
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It's not that she doesn't have a lot of faith that God will heal us. It's just that she also has a lot of mental problems. And she wants to fix them now.
By Anne Lamott
December 10, 1998
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If I can muster the love and patience it takes to deal with my mother, does it still count if my hands are trembling with rage?
By Anne Lamott
November 25, 1998
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How my son's pet reptile taught me to love all sentient beings -- and Republicans too.
By Anne Lamott
November 12, 1998
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All mothers have it. No one talks about it. That only makes it worse
By Anne Lamott
October 29, 1998