Here’s what happens when you offer Helen Thomas a forum in which to wax nostalgic: In this piece in The Lincoln Journal Star, she presents herself as a kind of world-weary love child of Yoda and Obi-wan Kenobe; the force — so strong within her — is a burden she bears with nobility and patience, even (alas, ’tis her curse!) as she’s able to recognize all-too readily the unfortunate flaws in others…

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