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Josh Gibson now reigns as the hitter with the highest single season batting average (.466) and the highest career batting average (.372) in the Major League Baseball record books. Gibson assumed those top spots in late May when
Read moreAN EMANCIPATION OF THE MIND, Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America By Matthew Stewart, W. W. Norton, 374 pages, $32.50 Though the American Revolution inspired the world and continues to influence lovers of liberty,
Read moreA great rallying cry for funding and votes from the (usually wrong) right is the phony threat to the Second Amendment. Any look at a U.S. map will reveal that there is no way a repeal would pass the
Read moreThe approach of baseball season sent me looking for a preview magazine. A magazine in this digital age? Others roll their eyes, too. Down at my local employee-owned grocery store (though I have always wondered if all those
Read moreAbout a quarter of a century ago, I received a letter from the IRS – the Internal Revenue Service. Gets one’s attention. I called the Austin service center and an agent told me that the semester I had
Read moreWow! What a publicity stunt. And one that our corporate media ate right up. McDonald’s announced that it was considering adding a $5 meal to its menus. Khristopher J. Brooks of CBS News’ Money Watch said, “The
Read moreLast month, on his book tour promoting The Age of Revolutions, Fareed Zakaria told Stephen Colbert that the “principal” impetus for the rise of reactionary movements has been their opposition to women’s rights, that, “for tens of thousands of years,
Read moreSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has garnered a lot of publicity since The Guardian printed excerpts from her autobiography where she bragged about killing an “untrainable” pup and an ornery goat. She was trying to prove how tough she is
Read moreOn April 5, Ecuadorian police stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito and dragged former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas out and into custody, in the process roughing up numerous Mexican Embassy workers. Glas had been granted sanctuary in
Read moreIn late February, the Hungarian parliament voted to approve Sweden’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. That was the final vote – unanimity is required – needed to expand NATO membership to 32 countries. Finland joined the
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