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Author: Ann Mandelstamm

Ann Mandelstamm taught high school English for almost 30 years and still misses the classroom. She loves to read, hike, cook, have conversations, and fight for causes dear to her heart.

Dignity in Dying gains momentum, acceptance

May 12, 2011 Ann Mandelstamm Civil Rights, Health care, Ideas 2 comments

Many factors in our political and cultural climate have contributed to an increased interest among mainstream Americans for the Dignity in Dying movement.  Organizations

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The White Tiger: fiction from India, cautionary tale for US

March 30, 2011 Ann Mandelstamm Literature/Arts/Film Leave a comment

The White Tiger, the novel by Aravind Adiga which won the Man Booker Prize in 2008, has been described as black comedy and a

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Struggling with mental illness as services disappear

February 14, 2011 Ann Mandelstamm Charity & Justice, Health care, Missouri region 2 comments

People who work or volunteer in mental health services in the St. Louis area are plenty worried, with good reason.  Because of Missouri’s budget

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Franzen’s “Freedom” takes on our obsession with personal liberty

December 13, 2010 Ann Mandelstamm Literature/Arts/Film One comment

The hype surrounding the release of Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Freedom, dazzled book lovers everywhere, even if [conservative pundit] David Brooks was less than

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In case you missed it

  • Old as the Hills
  • What if Guns and Bullets Had Not Been Invented Before the Constitution Was Written?
  • Would President Hillary Clinton have saved Roe? Probably Not
  • War, huh (good God y’all) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Should’ve Been a Celebration
  • How Loose Lips from Obama Hurt America and the World

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