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Harpers Revisited? There's a nasty homosexual battle being decided in Topeka, Kansas today. Councilwoman Tiffany Muller, the first openly gay officeholder in Kansas, is facing an anti-homosexual challenge from 20-year-old Jael Phelps. Also on the ballot: whether to repeal an ordinance that prohibits Topeka from discriminating against gays

Oxford Needs Belloc Again The New York Daily News, 3/1/2005 In its 183-year history, the august Oxford Union debating society has heard the wisdom of Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa. Now its members are to hear from Ron Jeremy, star of 1,700 adult films, including

Rising Woods The inflammatory Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com has weighed in on Thomas Woods and his successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. We can't say we agree with all of the raving Raimondo's points, but he's a good read and gives facts

Blog and Baseball There's been plenty of discussion during the past year about the definition of a blog and what the advent of the blog means to the publishing world. We think those questions jump the gun a bit. A more fundamental question to ask is, why read

Thanks, GM While perusing our most-recent issue of Gilbert Magazine, we found interesting news that had escaped our roaming mouse. Here are two items: "Chris Cranmer, 24, a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Navy, has become the first registered Satanist in the British armed forces. The designation gives him

There Goes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner "Once they were a byword for mindless docility. But cows have a secret mental life in which they bear grudges, nurture friendships and become excited over intellectual challenges, scientists have found. "Cows are also capable of feeling strong emotions such as pain,

The Swimsuit Issue The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue came out earlier this month. We subscribed to SI for years and have seen over twenty swimsuit issues. We finally concluded that all the 4/5s-of-a-breast pictures weren't doing us any good. We couldn't get the image of

One Rock Quote Rock didn't discuss much religion last night, but he did have this comment, which we found kind of funny: "A lot of Jewish people were offended by Passion of the Christ. I can relate, because I had to deal with a movie called Soul

Pro-Life Commies! "A pro-Putin youth group organized by the Kremlin, Idushie Vmeste ("Moving Together"), represents a kind of model for how Patriotic Orthodoxy aims to renew Russia. The group is against abortion (Russia has one of the highest rates in the world) and informs recruits about the

B.T.K. Serial Murderer Well, they caught the B.T.K. murderer in Wichita, Kansas. The initials stand for his mode of operation: bind, torture, kill. He's Dennis Rader, a 59-year-old municipal employee. It turns out he was an active member and President of his congregation at