Rob Jenkins
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JENKINS: A recent story on Yahoo asserted that parents these days are giving their kids more unusual names than ever.
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Last Updated: 7:21 PM 03/12/10 - A recent story on Yahoo asserted that parents these days are giving their kids more unusual names than ever. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: With apologies to Forrest Gump, sorry is as sorry does
Last Updated: 6:38 PM 03/06/10 - When I was a kid and my dad would get onto me for doing something wrong, and I’d say “I’m sorry” without a trace of sincerity, he’d always respond, “I wasn’t asking for a character reference.” (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: A public school kid, and darn proud of it
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Last Updated: 1:58 PM 02/26/10 - Recently, my dad showed me an angry e-mail from a private school parent. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Who says political gridlock is a bad idea?
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Last Updated: 4:24 PM 02/19/10 - The great American liberal Henry David Thoreau once observed that “legislators . . . if one were to judge [them] wholly by the effects of their actions, and not partly by their intentions, would deserve to be classed and punished with those mischievous persons who put obstructions on the railroads.” (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: From Paris with love: Ideas for your Valentine
Last Updated: 7:10 PM 02/13/10 - Hey, guys — still wondering what to do for your wife or girlfriend today? How about whisking her off to Paris, which may be the only place on earth where you can declare your undying affection by presenting her with a human heart. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Responding to local readers’ comments
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Last Updated: 4:15 PM 02/05/10 - (The following e-mails are real. They have been edited for length, coherence and sanity.) (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Parental and systemic ignorance are no defense
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Last Updated: 2:19 PM 01/29/10 - Last week I learned that the state of Georgia is insane — at least in the way our legal system treats teenagers. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Some practical advice for e-mail spammers
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Last Updated: 3:47 PM 01/22/10 - Normally I clean out my spam folder several times a day, to keep junk mail from piling up like broken campaign promises on the White House lawn. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: A special legislative edition of ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’
Last Updated: 8:22 PM 01/15/10 - With the state legislature back in session and Congress stubbornly refusing to just go away, it seems as good a time as any for another installment of “The Devil’s Dictionary” — and no, Tea Partiers, that term doesn’t refer to Nancy Pelosi’s personalized copy of Webster’s. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Should old acquaintance be forgot? Sometimes
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Last Updated: 6:22 PM 01/08/10 - Over the holidays, as I was listening (for the 432nd time) to the entire population of Bedford Falls sing “Auld Lang Syne” in George Bailey’s living room, I got to thinking about the nature of friendship. (Full Story) |
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