Helen Thomas, 2010. (AP/Charles Dharapak) She's back. Seven months into an unwilling retirement, Helen Thomas is reentering the world of journalism -- with a column in a Northern Virginia community weekly. The vet�eran Washington correspondent-turned-columnist, 90, made her Falls Church News-Press debut Thursday, with a piece decrying efforts to privatize Social Security. It's a far cry from a syndicated column and a front-row seat in the White House briefing room -- but hey, these days, a platform's a platform. Her essay seemed to be a reader-magnet for the paper's Web site, drawing more than 100 comments (cheers and jeers) by 6 p.m. Owner/editor Nicholas Benton insisted Thomas was a natural fit for his publication."We fashion ourselves as an inside-the-Beltway newspaper," he told us. "Our readers are very engaged."
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