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Politics

'Never Too Late to Take Someone's Hand'

Joshua Green
January 10, 2011

Since it's clear we're not going to have much let up in the partisan attacks surrounding Gabrielle Giffords, it's worth pausing a moment to read this lovely and heartfelt piece by Amy Davidson of the New Yorker.

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