Viva l'Italia

I never wanted Italy to win until today. But it's my top pick in the World Cup pool this year. So...... at 2:30 this afternoon, I gathered with friends at…

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Happy Birthday, CNN

It's CNN's 30th birthday today.I was not yet 18 when Ted Turner launched his visionary network. I didn't know then that I would be a journalist, let alone work for…

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Ma

I refrained from posting this on Mother's Day out of respect for all my friends who are mothers and for all my friends who still have mothers.But Mother's Day is…

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More about Mariot

You read about Mariot in an earlier post. In January and February, he was hired by CNN to drive us around. On my latest trip, he drove me around and…

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The rainy season

It rained heavily in Port-au-Prince tonight. I stood in the balcony of the Plaza hotel -- the exact spot from which Anderson Cooper broadcasted his show in January -- and…

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Back to Haiti

I returned to Port-au-Prince yesterday.Before January, it was a city known to me only through books and a few films and of course, the news – always bad news. But…

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