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Tuesday, 15 May 2001 18:00 |
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(Editor’s note: News Junkie is off this week. This column originally ran last year.)
One day when you were a little girl, you came home from school and asked me what the word “gay” meant. |
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Tuesday, 08 May 2001 18:00 |
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“Good morning, Mr. General Secretary. We are glad you could attend our meeting.”
“Nyet! A modern Russia demands new titles for its post-revolutionary leaders. We must trust capitalism to lead us. Please address me the way authority figures are spoken to on successful American television programs. |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2001 18:00 |
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The grass on the field is still wet from a rainstorm earlier in the day. Good thing the skies have finally cleared, because there’s a ball game scheduled tonight and I happen to know the starting pitcher personally. |
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Tuesday, 10 April 2001 18:00 |
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Mostly, in this space, we go for laughs. This is a legitimate objective, because everyone needs that cleansing breath of humor after a stop or two on the bus of life, especially when we’re the only person behind the yellow line who seems to realize that the driver is a chimpanzee. |
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Tuesday, 03 April 2001 18:00 |
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Societies — you, me, our friends and neighbors, or any folks we find ourselves stuck in traffic or a tax bracket with — thrive on shared experience.
Having something in common is what defines a society, and shared experiences create them — even small and temporary ones. |
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