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The Village Idiot: Thankspigging
Lifestyle
JIM MULLEN 
November 26, 2018
"We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, with many friends and family." It's the kind of thing you say after the holiday, when anyone asks. My friend Arnie u...
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT: I signed what?
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
April 21, 2014
When Dr. Sam said, "You've got the prostate of a 16-year-old," it was hard to keep from beaming. This must be how a woman feels when a complete strang...
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT: I-signs of spring
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
April 14, 2014
Today I saw my first crocus popping up after the long winter. It was in a picture a friend posted on Facebook. Suddenly, it seemed everyone was postin...
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT: Hype, hype, hooray!
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
April 7, 2014
How long do you think you’d continue to read a newspaper if every single story on every single page for the last three weeks was about a missing airpl...
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You’ve been invited to an antisocial
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
March 28, 2014
Almost every day, I hear parents and grandparents and people on television complain about how cellphones, smartphones, texting, streaming, Facebooking...
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT: Halt, who dates there?
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
March 22, 2014
Anyone who has seen the many movies made about World War II knows that soldiers who had forgotten the day’s password, or who happened upon Allied troo...
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT: Do men get womenopause?
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
March 10, 2014
“You’ve got all the symptoms,” Sue said. “The symptoms of what? “MFS.” “MFS? I feel fine.” “Sure, now you do, but when I asked you to vacuum the livin...
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT: And the award goes to …
Commentary, Nation World
JIM MULLEN 
March 4, 2014
I’ve been watching the Academy Awards since Bob Hope was a baby. Back then, they didn’t have a different host each year; it was always Bob Hope. Then ...
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