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Here's the lead grabber: > Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of U.S. households, have finally slipped into a minority, according to an analysis of new census figures by The New York Times. > The American Community Survey, released this month

One of my most astute readers questions my post about President Grant: > Where did that piece about Grant come from??? Grant was born in 1822, was 41 in 1863 and, at that time, was commanding the Union forces besieging Vicksburg. Incidentally, his wife's name was Julia Dent.

Strange days indeed. Two days ago, Rod Dreher wrote a lengthy piece about his conversion to Orthodoxy. When I checked the post yesterday, he had received over 250 comments in his com box. I didn't read them (I read the first five, then stopped). He said some of

I'm moving mighty slow this morning. I was up late (1:30). I doubt there'll be any blogging today. As a token of appreciation for your understanding, I offer this anecdote: The following classified ran in the nineteenth century: > Farmer, aged 41, desires to correspond

A reader sends this piece from the 1500s [http://www.bartleby.com/40/35.html] along: Back and side go bare, go bare, Both hand and foot go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough Whether it be new or old. But if 1 that I may have

This isn't exactly the type of crime that disturbs the mental equilibrium of society [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/am-bias1012,0,7527656,print.story?coll=ny-nycnews-headlines] : > Four young men were arrested for luring a gay man to a remote location with an online promise of

> China will crack down on a vast, growing and largely unregulated industry offering leg-lengthening surgery for people who think they are too short, state media have said. > The operation involves breaking the patients' legs and stretching them on a rack, and has led to several cases of

> Women dress to impress when they are at their most fertile, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study they say shows that signs of human ovulation may not be as mysterious as some scientists believe. > A study of young college women showed they frequently wore more

Just seen at Drudge: > Actor Mel Gibson is speaking out for the first time about the anti-Semitic comments he made to police when they booked him for drunken driving last summer. > Gibson tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview that his anti-Semitic statements were "