Seeing Red: Why Louisiana, the last Southern Democratic stronghold, went for Bush in '04
(Boston Globe Magazine, June 19, 2005)

This is blue country, where red country seems like a distant planet. As President Bush's second term was about to get underway, the author left her Massachusetts home to revisit Louisiana, where she used to live, and found that the people there aren't all that different from the people here. Or are they?

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Other Articles by Elaine McArdle

Sweating With the Enemy (Boston Globe Magazine, 6/19/05)
The founder of Curves women's fitness centers is proudly pro-life; many Curves members are passionately pro-choice. Is there a conflict?

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From Ballistic to Holistic (Boston Globe Magazine, 1/11/2004)
Law is a profoundly unhappy profession, with upwards of 80 percent of lawyers miserable in their careers. Hopeless? Hardly -- thanks to a quiet but growing revolution that seeks to inject morality, even spirituality, into the business.

No More Mr. Nice Guy (Boston Globe Magazine, 9/12/04)
Defense attorneys can't stand the neocon policies of U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan. So how come they all like him so much?

Calling the Shots (Boston Globe Magazine, 10/31/04)
Women cops on top: three calling the shots in Massachusetts law enforcement.
MSNBC highlighted this article on February 14, 2005.

The Lost Boys (Boston Magazine, 09/03)
Why are women outpacing men in college enrollment?

Head Games (Boston Magazine, 06/03)
An alarming number of Massachusetts psychiatrists have gotten caught again and again having sex with some of this society's most vulnerable people: their own patients.

Stephen Heywood Q & A (ALSTDF, 8/21/05)
A Tale of Two Brothers: Jamie Heywood's race to save his brother's life from the death sentence of ALS

Boston Magazine

The Kids Aren't Alright (09/04)
Finding daycare may be a hassle. But picking the right one could mean the difference between life and death.

Spy Kids (05/03)
Where does the CIA go to find its next generation of agents? Career fairs at MIT and Tufts for starters. And unlike the counterculture days of old, students today are lining up to get their license to kill.

Human Guinea Pigs (04/03)
Ever considered smoking pot for a living? Or having your veins shot full of red dye? Or testing new medications that might kill you? Join the growing ranks of Boston's "professional patients."

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (10/02)
Boston's Best—and Worst—Lawyers

The Boston Globe

Here's a Town That's Remarkably Real (Boston Globe, 8/13/03)
What's so special about Littleton, NH?

Harvard Law Bulletin

Up on Downloading (2004)
HLS professors propose solutions to music industry crisis

Sowing the Seeds of Public Service (2005)
"Part of being a good person, part of being a good lawyer."

Northeastern Law

A Man for the Times (2005)
   
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