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Providence Journal Columnist.

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Patinkin, Mark
2 years
Very honored by this but on close reading of the subheadline, does anyone know a good bail bondsman?
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6 months
I am sharing that we said goodbye to my mom, June Patinkin, Sunday at the age of 95. It is never easy to write your own mother's obituary, but it's also a way of holding onto her - so I am sharing that too. She was the best mom a son could hope for. 🙏
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3 years
Somehow, I just marked 45 years at the ProJo …
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4 years
The "WooSox" a window into RI's failed leadership...
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4 years
What it's like to almost die of Covid... and come back...
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Patinkin, Mark
1 year
I asked Mary Ann Sorrentino if she is still — 36 years after it happened — excommunicated from the Catholic Church. It brought a chuckle. “Oh, once you’re out,” she said, “you’re out.”...
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5 years
A look-alike dog, a poignant visit...
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4 years
A deserved promotion, a final goodbye...
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4 years
They saw a need, they found a way...
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
Journalism has challenges but a remark in a coronavirus speech by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh reminds of its key function: “Don’t listen to rumors… if you’re not getting the information from the news stations or the papers, it’s all rumors.”
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4 years
Standing up against shaming...
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4 years
Colleagues..
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Patinkin, Mark
7 years
Remembering... a year later....
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
A store closed, but faith restored...
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
@KevinMcNamara33 @projo Will miss you Kev, and so will the Journal... you are both a friend and an inspiration to me... your writing, your presence... it'll leave a hole. Such a great legacy you leave.
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8 years
RI could've told everyone after 38 Studios mess that Wells Fargo execs are greedy fat-cats who bend rules to squeeze $$ and walk away.
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Patinkin, Mark
3 years
My dad reaction to the earthquake: “Oh damn there goes the furnace, it’s gonna cost me an arm and a leg.”
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Patinkin, Mark
10 years
COLUMN: I took my daughter to a Backstreet Boys concert and something terrible happened...God forgive me, but I... http://t.co/mpRY4EAJ1B
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4 years
A touch of normalcy in abnormal times..
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
Don't mess with dads...
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Patinkin, Mark
7 years
Fans..
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
We were cancer pen pals ... so long, my friend...
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3 months
"I am not prone to prayer, but when you touch this ancient stone, you can't help but ask God for the things you hope for in this world, and a part of you believes that just maybe, this is among the few places on Earth where he is most likely to hear you."
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4 years
The last caddie ...
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4 years
In the hot zone...
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
If the Pawsox leave, this Providence-based minor-league owner would try to bring a new team to Pawtucket...
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
At 102 - rooting for the Sox for a century...
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4 years
The human spirit...
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
65? How'd that happen...
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6 years
In a wheelchair... and a uniform...
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Patinkin, Mark
7 years
Where did the time go...
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7 years
A simple ask...
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5 years
A visit to a too-empty condo...
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4 years
Mom turns 92 ...
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3 years
What a legacy ...
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7 years
Buddy Cianci just made a brief "visit" here....
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Patinkin, Mark
5 years
With no connections, living alone in a room at age 17, she made it into Georgetown....
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
Part 1: Into the heart... a personal journey.
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5 years
Manning the store at 99 ...
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
An RI legend has gone to the great haberdashery in the sky...
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4 years
The oldest graduate...
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
Last part of a series: Into the heart.. a personal journey...
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
On what would have been my dad's 95th...
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Patinkin, Mark
9 years
Now that my 20-something kids are home, I've totally cleared my schedule so they can blow me off at the last minute to be with friends.
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
Usually, I just drive by... yesterday I stopped....
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Patinkin, Mark
7 years
If George Washington had tweeted like trump.
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Patinkin, Mark
4 years
She said she just heard her husband had hours left..
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Patinkin, Mark
7 years
Am I the only dad who notices a correlation between offspring saying "I love you," and the immediately prior transfer of funds?
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Patinkin, Mark
6 years
Two 93-year-olds find they share an uncommon bond - the Normandy invasion...
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Patinkin, Mark
7 years
Watching them find their way...from afar...
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Patinkin, Mark
8 years
Feeling guilty about the time I bought my mother a bag of army soldiers for her birthday and then asked if I could borrow them.
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