Tish Durkin
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What Does She Know? Cool Mrs. Clinton Skates to a Finish
by Tish Durkin
Feb. 25th, 2007, 8:00 pm
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Feb. 25th, 2007, 8:00 pm
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a brilliant candidate.
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Who's Our Senator? An Enigma Inside a First Lady
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
Hillary, we hardly know ye.
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Who's Our Senator? An Enigma Inside a First Lady
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
Hillary, we hardly know ye.
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Breast Is Best? This Bad Mom Trusts the Bottle
by Tish Durkin
Dec. 4th, 2005, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 4th, 2005, 8:00 pm
I am three months away from giving birth for the first time, and already I am a bad, bad mother.
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Breast Is Best? This Bad Mom Trusts the Bottle
by Tish Durkin
Dec. 4th, 2005, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 4th, 2005, 8:00 pm
I am three months away from giving birth for the first time, and already I am a bad, bad mother.
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Hillary Gets Hot, But For Democrats She's Lose-Lose
by Tish Durkin
Mar. 13th, 2005, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 13th, 2005, 8:00 pm
Don't get me wrong. If I were Hillary Clinton, I'd run for President, too. read more »
Five Reality Checks For Democrats: Dump Kofi, Moore, Dopes
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 14th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 14th, 2004, 8:00 pm
Democrats of Manhattan, rise and shine! read more »
Bum And Bummer: Debate On Iraq Was A Disgrace
by Tish Durkin
Oct. 10th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 10th, 2004, 8:00 pm
Less than 60 seconds into his first two-minute answer at last Thursday night’s Presidential debate read more »
Al-Sadr Folding Spurred A Fury Of Shia Sheets
by Tish Durkin
Jul. 25th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Jul. 25th, 2004, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD-"I am a soldier in the Mehdi Army," said Adnan Al-Safey, a round-faced, soft-spoken fellow o read more »
'Are You a Virgin or No?': Marriage in Liberated Iraq
by Tish Durkin
Jul. 11th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Jul. 11th, 2004, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD–The office was not hidden, but it was hard to find. read more »
In Bloody Baghdad, A Strange Belief–We Planned Chaos
by Tish Durkin
Jun. 27th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Jun. 27th, 2004, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD-"This is not a place for the military," Hadel Adnan, 43, said, her copper eyes suddenly free read more »
The Rummy Club
by Tish Durkin
May. 16th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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May. 16th, 2004, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD-Nobody in Iraq gives a tinker's damn whether or not the U.S. read more »
Bitter Baghdad Seeing Disaster As Rebels Rise
by Tish Durkin
Apr. 11th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 11th, 2004, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD-Even if you are a deaf person and an optimist, it would be hard not to hear the sound of the read more »
Basra Hotel Blast Sounded Like God's Bedroom Set Fell
by Tish Durkin
Mar. 28th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 28th, 2004, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD-Compared to Baghdad's in-front-of-a-hotel bombing on Wednesday, March 17, Basra's in-front-o read more »
Saddam Bagged, Bizarre Baghdad Doesn't Bug Out
by Tish Durkin
Dec. 21st, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 21st, 2003, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD-If you didn't know the devil himself had been put behind bars, you never would have guessed. read more »
At Assassins' Gate Name of the Game: Don't Piss Off Shia
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 16th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 16th, 2003, 8:00 pm
"They're throwing shoes at us and telling us they'll kill us, and we can't do anything about it," sa read more »
Broken Baghdad Brutal, Bloody and bellowing
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 2nd, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 2nd, 2003, 8:00 pm
BAGHDAD, Oct. 28-"This is not the time for the Americans to get out of the country. read more »
In Destitute Iraq One Motivation: Human Revenge
by Tish Durkin
May. 25th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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May. 25th, 2003, 8:00 pm
There are many words that come to mind about Iraq at this moment, but there is one word that springs read more »
Baghdad, American-Style, or How the Chicken Got Its Own Funeral
by Tish Durkin
May. 11th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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May. 11th, 2003, 8:00 pm
MOSUL, Iraq-"She's lucky I didn't shoot her," said Sgt. read more »
Baghdad Whines as Islam Bridles in a Freed Iraq
by Tish Durkin
Apr. 27th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 27th, 2003, 8:00 pm
BAGDHAD, IRAQ, April 21-At the mosque, the war was all about Islam. read more »
Ali Baba, Ali Baba ! Hunting Looters in a Fast Humvee
by Tish Durkin
Apr. 20th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 20th, 2003, 8:00 pm
When the American-Iraqi joint community-policing initiative involves a Humvee of Marines hurtling th read more »
Michael Kelly
by William Langewiesche, Christopher Hitchens, Margaret Talbot, Michael Crowley and Tish Durkin
Apr. 13th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 13th, 2003, 8:00 pm
During the hollow hours after the death in Iraq of Michael Kelly, a Boston reporter got through to m read more »
A Required Briefing For War Protesters: Pollack on Iraq
by Tish Durkin
Jan. 26th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Jan. 26th, 2003, 8:00 pm
The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq , by Kenneth M. Pollack. read more »
Who's Our Senator? An Enigma Inside a First Lady
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 12th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 12th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Hillary, we hardly know ye."I think people know everything there is to know about me," the confidenc read more »
It's Turnout, Stupid! Mrs. Clinton's Team Needs Sects in City
by Tish Durkin
Nov. 5th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 5th, 2000, 8:00 pm
"There are two places where we are equal," Hillary Rodham Clinton told the congregants of African-Am read more »
What Does She Know? Cool Mrs. Clinton Skates to a Finish
by Tish Durkin
Oct. 29th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 29th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a brilliant candidate.It took this reporter one year, three months and two read more »
Mrs. Clinton Responds to Middle East Crisis With Tightrope Dance
by Tish Durkin
Oct. 22nd, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 22nd, 2000, 8:00 pm
It isn't every candidate who could work Tammy Wynette and Harriet Tubman into the same rhetorical th read more »
Hillary and Mideast: Her Palestinian Pact Collapsed on Trail
by Tish Durkin
Oct. 15th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 15th, 2000, 8:00 pm
"This woman has no principles.""I held her in high regard, but she's not the first person to sell us read more »
The Soft Money Tango: Lazio Leads the Duo, Mrs. Clinton Dances
by Tish Durkin
Oct. 1st, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 1st, 2000, 8:00 pm
"No voters ever talk to me about soft money," said Hillary Rodham Clinton on the sodden afternoon of read more »
Is Hillary Glowing? Lazio's Performance Makes Many Wince
by Tish Durkin
Sep. 24th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Sep. 24th, 2000, 8:00 pm
"We wanted to see how this whole soft-money thing shakes out," said Kelli Conlin, executive director read more »
Clinton's Golf War: Bill Skips Tee Time With Silver Rival
by Tish Durkin
Sep. 10th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Sep. 10th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Don't blame Chelsea-at least not entirely. read more »
How Slick Young Hack Peter Ragone Rose to Top of Democratic Elite
by Tish Durkin
Aug. 27th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Aug. 27th, 2000, 8:00 pm
"I ended up going to that Streisand thing last night," Peter Ragone said over the phone the morning read more »
Postcards From the Ledge
by Tish Durkin
Aug. 20th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Aug. 20th, 2000, 8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES-Dear De Blasio,
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In G.O.P. Big Tent, the Hillary-Haters Obey the Gag Order
by Tish Durkin
Aug. 6th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Aug. 6th, 2000, 8:00 pm
" Who ?" asked New York State Republican chairman Bill Powers.The Observer was playing Clinton-era w read more »
Was Mrs. Clinton's Protest Too Much?
by Tish Durkin
Jul. 23rd, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jul. 23rd, 2000, 8:00 pm
New York Post columnist Cindy Adams was not present at the most heavily protected residence on Old H read more »
The Hidden Hillary: First Lady Speaks, Very Carefully
by Tish Durkin
Jul. 16th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jul. 16th, 2000, 8:00 pm
There was something about the sunglasses."I think that one of my problems in communicating effective read more »
Accident Prone "Wooffie" Wolfson Is Hillary's Gentle Guard Dog
by Tish Durkin
Jul. 2nd, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jul. 2nd, 2000, 8:00 pm
She calls him "Wooffie."Of all the quirky little details that pile up when one gathers a dossier on read more »
Moynihan's Valedictory: Saving Social Security Is the Only Priority
by Tish Durkin
Jun. 18th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jun. 18th, 2000, 8:00 pm
"It is the goddamnest thing that nobody wants to talk about those things."Speaking was the man who w read more »
Calming Down Hillary: Her Team Softens Her for Fall Inoffensive
by Tish Durkin
May. 28th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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May. 28th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Oh, God, it's the mutual moral outrage again.Ever since the dramatic exit of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani read more »
Inside Camp Hillary, Theyre Determined Not to Jinx Things
by Tish Durkin
May. 21st, 2000, 8:00 pm
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May. 21st, 2000, 8:00 pm
This is not a trick question, and its answer does not hinge upon whether a certain massively unfortu read more »
Inside the Cathedral: A Transporting Day As Candidates Mourn
by Tish Durkin
May. 14th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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May. 14th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Assuming that he is still following New York politics, Cardinal John O'Connor must be having a field read more »
Here's A Quandary: Who Wants Buchanan, Mayor or First Lady?
by Tish Durkin
Apr. 30th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 30th, 2000, 8:00 pm
To court or not to court? read more »
Mrs. Clinton Surges, So Does the Struggle to Control Campaign
by Tish Durkin
Apr. 16th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 16th, 2000, 8:00 pm
No doubt about it, the Hillary Express appears to be running smoothly at last. read more »
Shall I Run for Governor? Mario-Like Musings From Andrew Cuomo
by Tish Durkin
Mar. 19th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 19th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Stop the presses. read more »
Gore Campaign Boss Checks Her Choices Following Big Win
by Tish Durkin
Mar. 12th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 12th, 2000, 8:00 pm
This much we know: Al Gore will be around the Democratic Presidential campaign through November, and read more »
Giuliani Slept Here-Even Though Feds Say It's a Racist Hotel
by Tish Durkin
Feb. 20th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Feb. 20th, 2000, 8:00 pm
For a fellow who is so enamored of the Ten Commandments in the Old Testament, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani read more »
New York's Political Smackdown 2000!
by Tish Durkin, Greg Sargent and Josh Benson
Feb. 13th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Feb. 13th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Hillary Unveils Hillary and New 'Hillary' Logo Her speech took almost 30 minutes, but her message co read more »
On Her Talking Tour, Hillary Is Careful To Say Almost Nothing
by Tish Durkin
Jan. 30th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jan. 30th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Which would be more damaging for Hillary Rodham Clinton: for her to actually be totally ignorant of read more »
The Mystery of Hillary: Her Record Versus Rhetoric
by Tish Durkin
Dec. 26th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 26th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Some left-wing lunatic Hillary Rodham Clinton is turning out to be. read more »
Conservative Party Won't Send Its Love to Pro-Choice Giuliani
by Tish Durkin
Dec. 5th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 5th, 1999, 8:00 pm
It's conventional-wisdom week in the U.S. read more »
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