The tiny “housekeeping cottages” my family used to rent at New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee are fishing sheds compared with Mitt Romney’s sprawling, 11,000 acre estate along those shores. There was little to do there, and usually the prospect of a twilight rowboat ride, skippered by my Navy veteran Dad, was all we had to keep the hope of excitement alive during long [...]
About Marie Cocco
Marie Cocco is a former nationally syndicated columnist who still has opinions she’s happy to share.
Predictable Iowa Portends Tough Obama Re-election Road
No matter whether Mitt Romney finishes first, second or third in the Iowa Republican caucuses tonight, he “wins” and becomes what he has been all along–the presumptive GOP nominee. Those Democrats who believe the parade of horribles in GOP debates and endless rounds of television interviews have helped President Barack Obama’s re-election chances are doing [...]
The Social Security Payroll Tax: Is the “Holiday” Over?
The approach of the Iowa Republican caucuses inspires me to think about other irredeemably bad ideas. Among the thousands free-floating in the political atmosphere, one stands above all others as having the worst consequences for pretty much every part of the Democratic Party–with the exception of affluent, educated liberals who are now and always have [...]
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Unisex Bathrooms: A Stopgap Measure for Transgender Americans
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The One Child Solution
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Happy Flag Day! Or How HGTV Learned the Hard Way How Not to Treat the American Flag
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Must the “Devious Maids” All be Latina?
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The Plan B Pill: If It Were MY Daughter…
