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Meyers

President Obama this weekend used the N-word when speaking about race relations in America. Which explains why everyone at Fox News today kept shouting, “And I quote ”¦” A Pennsylvania brewery said that it is introducing a new beer to honor the late Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno. And if

Kimmel

I hope everyone who deserved it had a good Father's Day. Kids will buy cards and T-shirts and even little trophies that say their father is the best dad in the world. But the fact of the matter is that simple math tells us the vast majority of

Wednesday

Chesterton Short(s) This isn't really GKC, but the current issue of Gilbert [http://www.chesterton.org/membership/]features an interview between Dale Ahlquist and Thomas Cook, a psychiatrist. This exchange cracked me up: Dale: You have worked as a forensic psychiatrist in a state hospital. That sounds

The Barbarians II

Ruminations on the Fall of Rome There were many other barbarian “tribes” milling around the Empire's borders, but of those who (by conventional understanding) initially set up kingdoms in the old Roman Empire in the West, all of them were forces within the Empire that worked with the

The Barbarians I

Ruminations on the Fall of Rome Mike Duncan, of The History of Rome podcast, on the coming war between Theodosius and Maximus (in the late 380s). Here's Duncan's description of Theodosius' army: “Theodosus' top field generals, Ricimer and Ricimer's nephew, Arbogast, were

Saturday

If you're crunched for a Father's Day gift this year:

Friday

Brews You Can Use This is one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile, even though I can't imagine I'd ever buy it: Palcohol (powdered alcohol) [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/palcohol-powdered-alcohol-approved-feds/story?id=29580363] . Of course the neo-Prohibitionists' radars are going

Meyers

A new study suggests that marriage is more beneficial for men than women. The results of the study were shouted at me through a locked bedroom door. Emerson College officials said that starting in 2016 they will offer students the opportunity to major in comedy. Or, you can just take

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Meyers

Donald Trump announced today that he is running for president. And based on the amount of bronzer he uses, he's also running for president of the Spokane NAACP.