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Dear Jim Lehrer (or Neil, Willie, Bonnie, Jack): We Did It!

June 13, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment

Dear Mr. Lehrer: Can you believe it???! We did it!! Well, lots of journalism teachers and journalists, social studies teachers, defenders of civil liberties,  free speech and press fans — […]

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A New Day

June 3, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment

“In the magnificent fierce morning of New Mexico one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly, and the old world gave way to the new.” – […]

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The Tinker Tour IS coming to a school near you!

June 1, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment

Dear Friends: The Tinker Tour is a go!!! At about 1:30p ET today we crossed our magic threshold number of $50,000. There will be a bus (or reliable RV) parked […]

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Thanks Mark! $45,188 down; $4,812 to go; 22 hours left

June 1, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment

It feels a bit like a political campaign here in Santa Fe! So exciting. (Why oh why must it be soooo exciting? 🙂 ) As of 6:39 pm Mountain Time […]

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Mike's Musings, Tinker Tour Information

May 29, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment
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$25,000

May 28, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment
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Waiting for our Free Speech Angel (or 20,000 angel-ettes)

May 28, 2013by TinkerTour 1 Comment

Dear Angel: Isn’t this fun? Your sense of timing — building the buzz, so to speak — as the deadline for our crowdsource campaign approaches is working. We’re all on […]

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If you want to change the world, tell a better story.

May 21, 2013by TinkerTour 1 Comment

We’re down to the final ten days of our crowdsource campaign. Sort of do or…not do. If we hit our minimum goal of $50,000 we do. If we don’t, we […]

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Tinker Tour headed to the U.S. Supreme Court!

May 8, 2013by TinkerTour 2 Comments

[5/9/13: Note: This story has been corrected to note that the details of Mary Beth’s participation at this event are still being worked out.  The evening, which begins at 6 p.m., […]

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Jim Lehrer, Here’s my number. Call me, maybe?

May 3, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment

Dear Mr. Lehrer, We need a bus for two. I understand you may have one of your own. I hate to be so up-front, but we’ve been invited to the […]

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