She has no more use for the direction the present administration is taking this country than does Ron Jr. She laments the slide into totalitarianism that is currently taking place in here. As do we all.
First and last paragraphs:
The Price of an Opinion
"I lost a job the other day. The people who had hired me figured out that I support stem-cell research (I don't know what took them so long) and pulled the plug on a lecture engagement for which they had vigorously pursued me."
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"I had one moment of hope recently. When I went to Barnes & Noble to replace my worn copy of "1984," the book was sold out. It's required reading for students, and there had been a run on Orwell's novel. Maybe a new generation of readers will be so frightened by the book that they'll work harder to make sure it doesn't become a reality."