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Sallie Tisdale

The Beautiful Hospital: In "House," impossibly gorgeous physicians miraculously diagnose rare diseases in every episode. Where I work as a nurse, in the Ordinary Hospital, sometimes there's not even a doctor in the house.; By Sallie Tisdale Apr 4, 2007
A mother's love: My adopted son, already the father of three, faces a future of dead-end jobs and near poverty. What do I owe him and my unexpected, fragile grandchildren?; By Sallie Tisdale Nov 29, 2006
On Japanese trains: Rail travel highlights the contrast between the private and the communal in the land of the well-mannered mob. An excerpt from the recently released, "Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance."; By Sallie Tisdale Dec 8, 2000
Spy girls: The author of "The Best Thing I Ever Tasted" picks five novels about kick-ass secret-agent women.; By Sallie Tisdale Jun 12, 2000
Meat is gross, but it tastes good: Desperate to find that my hunger for animal flesh was alien, I overlooked the fact that it was all too human.; By Sallie Tisdale May 18, 2000
Letters to the Editor: Is Jim Carrey really the best comic since Chaplin? Plus: It's urban playgrounds that produce NBA stars; does Indian school yield high-tech geniuses or drones?; Letters to the Editor Dec 14, 1999
Optimistic complaints: Of course, mothers think -- and every once in a while they even complain.; By Sallie Tisdale Jul 1, 1999
Kiss for luck: My daughter's eighth-grade graduation is a ritual like none I've ever experienced.; By Sallie Tisdale Jun 17, 1999
Boy crazy: The grace and restlessness of teenage boys makes my heart flutter.; By Sallie Tisdale Jun 3, 1999
The rules of the game: A dutiful soccer mom secretly obsesses over softball.; By Sallie Tisdale May 20, 1999
Letters to the Editor: Horowitz threw Bush only softballs; firing back at gun ban proposal.; Letters to the Editor May 12, 1999
Zero tolerance for slaughter: Get a backbone, America: Ban all handguns.; By Sallie Tisdale May 6, 1999
Letters to the Editor: Amitai Etzioni defends privacy book; Bradley hasn't got a chance.; Letters to the Editor Apr 29, 1999
Foreigner in a familiar land: Americans are stuck in a vacuum of privacy and personal space.; By Sallie Tisdale Apr 22, 1999
Just passing through: Divorce and work and age have taken a toll on the friendships in my life, and the children I used to watch grow are not children anymore.; By Sallie Tisdale Apr 8, 1999
The limits of free speech: A lifelong advocate of both free speech and women's right to abortions agonizes over a ruling that may protect doctors but shrink free speech.; By Sallie Tisdale Jan 30, 1999
Forever young: The appeal of My Twinn dolls is not that they let parents hang on to their kids' childhood. It's that they let kids hang on to their childhood.; By Joan Walsh Dec 22, 1998
Back to the future: Alas, summer isn't endless after all. And there's a whiff of peanut butter at its conclusion.; By Kate Moses Sep 3, 1998

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