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Random talents of the homeless (5×8 – 1/5/11)

Bob Collins January 5, 2011, 7:05 AM Jan 5, 2011

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Why is one homeless guy getting so much attention, your walking speed indicates how long you’ll live, the Internet is more popular than TV, who’s on steroids, and President Michele Bachmann?

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Are you getting anything out of the health care bill?

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 3:52 PM Jan 4, 2011

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Have you carried your over-age-21 students on your health insurance? If not, why not?

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Another look at Twain

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 3:51 PM Jan 4, 2011

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Should Huck Finn be sanitized?

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One photo: A burial at Arlington

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 12:01 PM Jan 4, 2011

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Cpl. Sean Osterman, 21, of Princeton was buried at Arlington National Cemetery today.

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The optimism gap

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 10:06 AM Jan 4, 2011

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Are we more glum about the future because we are connected to more information that tells us we should be glum about the future?

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Five by 8

Reporters with opinions (5×8 – 1/4/11)

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 6:56 AM Jan 4, 2011

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Reflections on partisan journalism, why have efforts to muzzle Michele Bachmann failed, more blizzard wars, what to do with drivers who don’t know how to drive in the snow, and all the world’s air traffic in one day.

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