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Same love, same story (5×8 – 11/30/12)

Same love, same story (5×8 – 11/30/12)

The message a Michigan school doesn't want kids to hear, a dad's dream meets a dad's reality, the declining tax burden examined, castle laws and dead teens, and the nationwide search for 'the hat.'
by Bob Collins

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The inexact science meets the inaccurate expectation

I’ve written in the past about how most economic news seems to revolve around a basic fact that experts got something wrong. They do so with alarming frequency. If the market collapses today, it’s because someone’s earnings didn’t meet expectations. When the unemployment rate is news, is when it is above or below what was…
by Bob Collins

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The second Civil War (5×8 – 11/29/12)

The second Civil War (5×8 – 11/29/12)

If states seceded, what Duluth doesn't get, the kid who puts 'special' in special ed, the true cost of our clothing, and a cop, a homeless man, and a new pair of boots.
by Bob Collins

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