February 20th, 2013
By Michael Kaufman
When I was a kid I often tried copying Stan Musial’s unique batting stance. So what was a kid who rooted for the Dodgers doing copying the stance of a player for the St. Louis Cardinals? It was because he was Stan the Man.
Tags: Brooklyn Dodgers, Duke Snider, Gerald Eskenazi, Michael Kaufman, Mickey Mantle, New York Giants, New York Mets, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial
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February 20th, 2013
By Jeffrey Page
You can’t libel the dead, but you can come pretty close.
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Brandegee, James Edward English, Jeffrey Page, Tony Kushner
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February 13th, 2013
By Carrie Jacobson
After a terrible weekend in Florida, the thought of a dog show seems sunny indeed
Tags: Carrie Jacobson, carriejacobson, dog painting, dog portrait, dog show, XL Center
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February 13th, 2013
By Bob Gaydos
If the accepted wisdom proves to be correct and a conservative European cardinal is elected as the new pope, nothing will change in the Roman Catholic Church. That would be sad.
Tags: Catholic, Church, contraception, nuns, papal, pedophiles, Pope Benedict, priests, Vatican
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February 13th, 2013
By Jeffrey Page
The Boy Scouts have had 103 years to do something about their odious anti-gay bias, but have spent the time ignoring the matter.
Tags: Boy Scouts, gay scouts, Jeffrey Page
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February 6th, 2013
By Bob Gaydos
As support for gun control measures have gained strength in the wake of the ghastly shooting in Newtown, Conn., the arguments against more restrictions have grown increasingly strident and outrageous by some elements of the NRA.
Tags: AK47, Bob Gaydos, gun control, guns, New York, Newtown, NRA, obama, Second Amendment, Ulster
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February 6th, 2013
By Michael Kaufman
I used to own a gun. I thought I needed it for protection against criminals, anti-Semites, racists and the coming of fascism. It was also my right to have under the Second Amendment.
Tags: Charles R. Allen, Jr., Michael Kaufman, National Rifle Association, Ted Nugent, Wayne LaPierrre
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February 6th, 2013
By Emily Theroux
The (Hoping You’re) Gullible Old Party reduces its existential impasse to mere semantics.
Tags: Dick Morris, Emily Theroux, Eric Cantor, Fox News, Frank Luntz, GOP, Jon Stewart, Karl Rove, The Stupid Party
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February 6th, 2013
By Jeffrey Page
A year on probation for binding and blindfolding two kids and leaving them in a locked car in a Walmart lot.
Tags: Barbara Boxer, child abuse, Deborah Gomez, Jeffrey Page, Jimmy Lee Dykes
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