Rob Jenkins
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JENKINS: Decatur Book Festival: Remember it’s Gwinnett’s, too
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Last Updated: 4:27 PM 08/27/10 - Let’s be honest: Gwinnett County is not exactly a literary mecca. Google “Gwinnett” and “books” and you’ll mostly get stories about the nut jobs who wanted to ban Harry Potter a few years ago. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Parents, cover your daughters: My teenage sons are looking
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Last Updated: 8:59 PM 08/21/10 - Dropping my son off at his high school the other day, I was reminded of a Bible verse. And no, it wasn’t “Come unto Me, all ye that are heavy laden,” even though students these days, between backpacks and gym bags and band instruments, cart around more luggage than I packed for a weeklong trip to Europe. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Car repairs lead to appreciation of local businesses
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Last Updated: 3:06 PM 08/12/10 - One of life’s greatest sources of unpleasantness, besides government, is automotive repair. In fact, car repairs are a lot like government: They’re ridiculously expensive, often don’t actually fix anything and sometimes make matters worse. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: If you can read this, you should thank a teacher
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 08/06/10 - In these times of falling test scores, cheating scandals, and budget crises, public school teachers have become convenient scapegoats — especially among certain right-wing pundits and politicians. Which seems odd, because most of the teachers I know are pretty conservative, God-fearing folks. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Hiking the Appalachian Trail: A matter of trail and error
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Last Updated: 3:32 PM 07/30/10 - Last week I spent time with my 12-year-old Boy Scout at Camp Rainey Mountain in Northeast Georgia. While there I took cold showers, ate several items that could not be conclusively identified as belonging to any of the seven major food groups, and hiked to a place called Big Rock, which turned out to be, well, a big rock. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Candidates to voters: Don’t call us, we’ll call you
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Last Updated: 3:25 PM 07/23/10 - I never knew just how influential this little newspaper column is. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Finding yourself isn’t as hard as it used to be
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Last Updated: 3:48 PM 07/16/10 - To find themselves, some people cycle across country or backpack through Europe or climb the Himalayas. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Enough of this futbol, let’s get back to football
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Last Updated: 2:05 PM 07/08/10 - Today the World Cup comes to a merciful end, after weeks of hype and force-fed coverage. It’s as if the national media has been putting on a full-court press (that’s just an analogy; nothing as exciting as a full-court press actually happens in soccer) trying to get Americans to care. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Sometimes it actually is the end of the world
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Last Updated: 7:57 PM 07/02/10 - As parents, we secretly smile when our kids whine “You’re ruining my life!” just because we won’t let them stay up late or go to the movies with their friends or date their history teacher. (Full Story) |
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JENKINS: Yard sales are no exercise in self-esteem building
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Last Updated: 7:23 PM 06/26/10 - Funny thing about a yard sale: You never really see your own junk until you see it through someone else’s eyes. And then you realize ... it really is junk. (Full Story) |
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