Jimmy Tingle’s 5 Cents? Update The Bottle Bill | WBUR NPR/ Cognoscenti
When the teenagers playing cards or basketball would leave their empty Coke bottles laying around, we’d pick them up and take them back to Sabbey’s or Hymie’s Corner Store and get 2 cents for them. A Popsicle only cost a nickel, so for four empty Coke bottles, you could get Read More
The Unlikeliest Commencement Speaker | WBUR NPR/ Cognoscenti
It’s commencement season. Time for celebrities and politicians to alight on college campuses to dispense wisdom and encouragement to graduates. Cognoscenti contributor and comedian Jimmy Tingle recalls his own moment ascending the dais at Harvard five years ago — and the unlikely path that got him there. Read More
Stand Up for the Stamp | The Boston Globe
A few weeks ago the price of a first-class stamp increased to 49 cents. Sounds like a pretty good deal when you think about it. For 49 cents, a person will come to a box in your neighborhood, pick up your letter, and deliver it anywhere in the United States. Read More
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911: Prayer for America
911: Prayer for America is a poem written by Jimmy Tingle in the days following the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11 2001.
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