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Wingnuts against Harry Potter–again

It seems to be the time of the year for this sort of thing. Yes, I realize that the Harry Potter novels have come under attack from various fundamentalist Christians, who view them as somehow indoctrinating children into witchcraft, Wicca, demon worship, or whatever. I also realize that I may be a bit behind the […]

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Humor Politics

A truly scary Halloween costume

Leave it to Jason Foxtrot…

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Sports

Cardinals win

Mitch Albom sums the World Series and the Tiger’s 2006 season up far better than I ever could.

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Humor

Learn Yiddish with George and Laura

With the Tigers losing the World Series last night, I think I need something light and funny to pick me up. Here’s just the thing: Believe it or not, you don’t have to be Jewish to learn Yiddish with George and Laura. (The part mentioning evolution at the end is particularly timely, given a couple […]

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Sports

I know I said that I wanted a repeat of the 1968 World Series, but this is ridiculous

This is getting depressing. Last night, the Tigers lost a particularly heartbreaking game 5-4. It’s heartbreaking because it’s a game that they really should have won. Unfortunately errors and the two unearned runs that they allowed killed them. Now the 2006 World Series is at the same point that the 1968 World Series was, with […]