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Another response to the ALS ice bucket challenge
A bucket of sour grapes
Some people will give and remember it as an experience for a lifetime; some will wait for the next celebrity cause to enjoy. But if they open their hearts with their wallets, even for one evening, a good deed is done.
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Throwing cold water on the ice bucket challenge
Why does it take stupid stunts to get Americans to care about certain issues?
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Facing the void, with insurance
What if Albert Camus wrote commercials for Colonial Penn Life Insurance?
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Remembering Robin Williams (nine)
A verbal Picasso
Like some stand-up comedian character created by James Joyce, Robin Williams let fly his imagination, and one could only stare in wonder at the sheer inventive joy of it.
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Remembering Robin Williams (eight)
Confronting the unmentionable
Did Robin Williams act too soon? Should he have waited and asked for more help from friends and family?
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Remembering Robin Williams (seven)
A stand-up guy
Robin Williams’s protean talent, luminous intelligence, and overflowing heart were a once-in-a-generation blessing.
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Remembering Robin Williams (six)
Robin Williams: Empathetic hero
Robin Williams didn’t just make people laugh, he made them think, as we see in his best roles, when he played wise mentors.
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Remembering Robin Williams (five)
Robin Williams and my rainbow connection
If you’re moved by Robin Williams’s life, work, or death, find a way to honor that.
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Remembering Robin Williams (four)
Goodbye, Robin
I feel deeply for Robin Williams’s family and their devastating loss, but selfishly I feel even more bereft at my own loss.
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Remembering Robin Williams (three)
Battling monsters
It seemed Robin Williams could never fully escape from the fear that often leads addicts to self-medicate.
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