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The curse of graduation party season

A couple of new panels of the fence that separates my and my neighbor's house appeared a few weeks ago. This weekend, the blacktop driveway sealer people did their thing on his driveway (psst: that stuff doesn't do anything). The poor guy has been out mowing every few days. New flower beds are being put in and the place looks great. It must be costing him a fortune to spruce the joint up.
by Bob Collins

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The new NewsCut (5×8 – 5/30/13)

Blog housekeeping, is reading or math more important, the people who disappear, what might have been for Bachmann, and paying it back.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob (5/29/13)

Pols line up to run for Bachmann's seat, a challenger to Al Franken finally emerges, more flooding in the Midwest, the Catholic school and the pregnant teacher, and who left this gun on the amusement park ride?
by Bob Collins

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What happens to the Bachmann war chest?

What happens to a politician's money when they retire?
by Bob Collins

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Fact-checking Bachmann’s retirement

In her video today announcing she's not running for re-election, Rep. Michele Bachmann noted, 'the law limits anyone serving as president of the United States for more than eight years.' There is no such limitation in years.
by Bob Collins

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Promposals?

Promposals?

There's still time to save the planet.
by Bob Collins

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Whatever it takes to win (5×8 – 5/29/13)

Whatever it takes to win (5×8 – 5/29/13)

Youth sports and the old days, just another day at the high school, the air traffic controller tin cup, the suspicious NYT account of an emergency landing, and Michele Bachmann by the numbers.
by Bob Collins

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What happens when people don’t fit our categories?

What happens when people don’t fit our categories?

How do we examine economic success, employment trends, the education achievement gap and other big topics if people increasingly don't fit into the categories that have been built to look at that data?
by Paul Tosto

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ND: More bars per resident than any other state

North Dakota: Where there are more bars per capita than there are bars.
by Nate Minor

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Welcome to the job search (5×8 – 5/28/13)

Welcome to the job search (5×8 – 5/28/13)

Why education won't pay the bills, waiting on the Supreme Court, remembering the Y2K bug, the death of Gene Burns, and Gooseberry Falls in 10 seconds.
by Bob Collins

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