http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Claire Mitchel 60 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:26:08 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/783804.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/783804.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST I didn't realize a car had so many vital parts. All along, I've known about the motor, gas pipe, oil tube and whatchamacallit -- that thing that every gas station mechanic says will cost a bundle to fix. But until my friend Paul came along, I was stalled. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/766353.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/766353.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:29 EST It took all evening for my brain to wrap itself around the election results. I felt like a child who asks for an electric train for Christmas and, after imagining that his impossible wish has been fulfilled, wakes up that morning to hear it running. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/752392.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/752392.html Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:01 EST BY CLAIRE MITCHEL I'd been looking forward to my vacation for four months. My plans were to travel to Israel in September, as fast and expeditiously as possible, so I could visit my family for 10 days. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/731907.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/731907.html Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT You can bet that Claire Mitchel did not want to miss writing The Third Third this week. She hasn't missed a column in the 23 years she has been writing for The Miami Herald, even in the face of challenges that included the deaths of her beloved husband, Arnie, and her only daughter, Madeleine. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/722714.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/722714.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT M any women are outraged by the reckless decision by Sen. John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate. We are worried, frightened and frustrated. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/704698.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/704698.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT BY CLAIRE MITCHEL M y friend Samuel died on New Year's Eve. His whole family was shocked. When you live to age 84, people take you for granted and seem to think you'll live forever. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/695022.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/695022.html Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT BY CLAIRE MITCHEL You could feel the bolt of lightning when the news struck that Republican John McCain had named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential race. You could almost feel a numbness and aftershock as the news was being digested by an unbelieving public. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/674990.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/claire-mitchel/story/674990.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT When I received the invitation to a ''Sixtea'' birthday for my friend Linda Weissman, I was confused. But the invitation wasn't a mistake -- the whole event was creatively designed to be different, to be all-inclusive, to be fun. Nearly all of the 60 women invited to the party were there with a designated title. We were introduced, one by one, with an explanation of what meaning each guest had in Linda's life.