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Being a Muslim in America
I thought that this piece by Rany Jazayerli was amazing. I usually balk at web pieces that make me click through five pages to read it (just put it all on one page, dammit, or do what Salon does and...
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Saturday Football Open Thread (Week 12)
By now most teams are in survival mode–keep enough key players healthy to finish out the season where you are and make it into a bowl game, or get key players experience so that next year is better...
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Saturday Football Open Thread (Week 13)
Abbreviated version this week. Early games: Texas lost to TCU, Arizona lost to Arizona State, USF lost to Cincinnati, Utah beat Colorado and Nebraska beat Iowa. Up today: Georgia Tech is at Georgia...
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Saturday Football Open Thread (Week 14)
Big Game Day today: Oklahoma is at TCU (line: OU, spread 8). Boomer Sooner! Update: Sooners win 24 – 17 and have at least a share of the Big Twelve title. Woo hoo! Pittsburgh is playing USF (line:...
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Merry Christmas, ATiM
This is Christmas! So, Mark, does your family do what Elena Kagan does (or at least claimed she does in her confirmation hearings) and get Chinese food on Christmas day? I think “Seinfeld” was where I...
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Emily Meier, RIP
On behalf on Lulu: I just received this email from Emily’s husband. Linda, Emily died last night at a little after 9. She was peaceful and without pain. She stopped breathing for 15 seconds or so, and...
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Boston
I just had to get Bon Jovi off the front page. Is anybody going to be in Boston in a couple of weeks? I fly in on Friday, 3/8, and don’t have to be out to Woods Hole until the next day; where’s a...
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Help! (Since We Don’t Have a MR Until Tomorrow)
I’m in the midst of forming an LLC and need a catchy name. The focus of my business is scientific technical writing–papers and grants and such in the life sciences arena. You guys are a clever...
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Utah Race for the Cure (aka Sunday Open Thread)
The Race went really well yesterday, and was a tribute to all the hard work that the folks I recruited to help me last fall when I was asked to take over the whole thing did. For the first time ever I...
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Baltimore Bound
Hitting the highway now. Have a great Sunday, and I’ll catch up with you somewhere east of here!
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories–Little Red Riding Hood
As I was unpacking, cataloging, and shelving my old friends which I hadn’t seen in two plus years, I came across a couple of little gems by James Finn Garner: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and...
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories–The Emperor’s New Clothes
Far away, in a time long past, there lived a traveling tailor who found himself in an unfamiliar country. Now, tailors who move from place to place normally keep to themselves and are careful not to...
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories–The Three Little Pigs
Once there were three little pigs who lived together in mutual respect and in harmony with their environment. Using materials that were indigenous to the area, they each built a beautiful house. One...
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Saturday Open Thread
Just thought I’d post an open thread so that folks can throw anything up. Shamelessly stolen from Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog: The Best Sentences We Read Today — “I’m going to look them in the eye and say,...
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With Experts Like These. . .
Suzanne Somers is an Expert, who knew? Somehow I don’t think that this is quite what the WSJ anticipated when it gave the former actress and lifestyle guru access to their editorial pages: CORRECTIONS...
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Modified Morning Report by Michigoose
Since I happen to know that Brent is on a plane right now, and the alliteration was too good to pass up for a title, herewith is a report from NPR that sums up much of what Brent usually pulls together...
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Football Saturday Open Thread Returns
An oldie makes it back–I’ve finally had time to pull together a Football Open Thread (in week 10–oy, vey!). Enjoy! Early games this week: Cincinnati beat Memphis Wednesday (?!!?) night, and USF lost to...
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Saturday Football Open Thread, Week 11
Busy morning here, so I’m going to miss the first kickoffs, but here’s what’s up: Early games: On Thursday Oklahoma lost to Baylor 12 – 41 (ouch, okie!) and Stanford managed to crush the Ducks 26 – 20...
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Veterans’ Day Open Thread
Happy Veterans’ Day to my fellow vets, and happy Monday to all! I think Brent is playing hooky, so thought I’d fill in for him and try to start a new thread. What are you doing this 11/11? I’m driving...
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