Checklist Charlie
Weakness can be a powerful ally
CATHY KRAFVE
      New Year's brings to mind a thousand things I seem destined to fail at. I used to be enthusiastic about New Year's resolutions. That was back in the days when I was young and naive; back when I actually thought self-discipline and plain ole stubbornness were enough.
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Open letter to Berman on integrity
      Dear Rep. Berman: Rampant voter fraud in Texas and anywhere else in the United States amounts to a "Chicken Little Claim" and just does not exist. The Bush Administration's own Department of Justice, Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Initiative has resulted in only 14 convictions of non-citizen...
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Mangia! Mangia!
Gift loaves become baking lesson
ANTOINETTE JACKSON
      I don't bake. My family knows it. My friends know it. Even my readers know it. I cook, but I don't bake. There's a difference. If you don't believe me, ask Rachel Ray. But, last June, while doing research for a column I was writing about how my mother and grandmother didn't bake, I had somewhat ...
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