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Amherst College gives Lord Jeff the boot

Amherst College, the ultra-liberal school in Massachusetts, has decided to drop its unofficial mascot because it honors the commander of British forces in North America who advocated wiping out Native Americans by giving them blankets laced with smallpox.
by Bob Collins

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The protester who believed peace wasn’t crazy talk

The protester who believed peace wasn’t crazy talk

The country is full of people who don't stand for anything. Concepcion Picciotto, is not one of them.
by Bob Collins

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Who needs to know how to mail a letter?

'Edina would be a nicer place if we could all talk to each other and not be awkward for not knowing each other,' Stanley Wu, a 16 year old, wrote in his letter to Mayor James Hovland.
by Bob Collins

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Wis. bill would require time off work for organ donors

Can Wisconsin employers be a little more supportive of employees who are willing to give a little piece of themselves to save someone else's life?
by Bob Collins

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Vet with PTSD denied MN lodging because of service dog

The U.S. has been at war so long you'd think people would 'get' the whole 'support our troops' thing by now.
by Bob Collins

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The day Shaq schooled the kids

Shaquille O'Neal has a heart as big as he is.
by Bob Collins

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Life after the end of the death penalty

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a typical condescending dissent of the majority, nonetheless raises some good questions in his dissent today of the court's decision to apply a ban on life terms for juveniles retroactively.
by Bob Collins

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MN court: No free speech right to disrupt a meeting

MN court: No free speech right to disrupt a meeting

Take note, people who demonstrate and disrupt government meetings. You don't have a free speech right to do so, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today.
by Bob Collins

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East Coast shows Midwest how to have fun in snow

East Coast shows Midwest how to have fun in snow

Sure, the airports were closed, people who didn't pay attention to the forecast got stuck for 24 hours on a highway, and nobody in the neighborhoods of New York has a prayer of getting their cars unstuck today. But, the East Coasters are having fun with winter.
by Bob Collins

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