Joni Mitchell Hospitalized

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Tuesday March 31, 2015 · 9:03 PM PDT

2015/03/31 · 21:03

There are reports that Joni Mitchell is in the ICU of a Los Angeles hospital after being found unconscious in her home. There's no word at this point about a diagnosis, or her current condition. As a young woman coming of age in the early 70's, her music was life affirming, and even life changing for me. The beauty of the music and her voice, combined with lyrics that I thought she'd written just for me, have made her one of the musicians I love and respect most. I know I'm not alone in that. If you're a fan, take a minute to send a thought her way.

Loss of Innocence - updated

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Tuesday May 11, 2010 · 9:47 PM PDT

2010/05/11 · 21:47

I came home from dinner out with a friend tonight to find that my 14-year-old daughter had been on my laptop. Nothing strange about that. But what I read was horrifying. She'd been messaging back and forth with one friend on facebook, and chatting with another. At first I thought I was looking at my own facebook page. But no. These were conversations about a girl they all know -- a girl who is 13, for god's sake -- who is being abused by a neighbor.

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 2:15 PM PDT

2009/07/24 · 14:15

Henry Louis Gates Jr. returned to his Cambridge MA home on July 16 after what I can only assume was an exhausting flight back home from China. Unfortunately for him, it's been raining here in the greater Boston area for a couple of months, with only a few brief periods of relief. Professor Gates found his front door stuck, and asked his driver to help him get it open. Maybe it was swollen by the massive amounts of water we've had dumped on us. Maybe not. Just saying.

You've doubtless heard the rest of the story. Neighbor sees a couple of guys trying to force the door to a house. Neighbor calls police. Police arrive. Voices are raised. Professor Gates is arrested. Charges are dropped. Gates demands an apology from the arresting officer, which is refused.

Race may indeed be an issue in this sad series of events. Maybe not. But both Gates and Crowley, the arresting officer, have taken such hard positions that it's hard to see how, absent that beer with the President, they could find common ground. How did this happen?

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Blame it on the rain