The start of the 2011 campaign for the New York Yankees provided us with an ample amount of foreshadowing. Not only did Mark Teixeira crush a Justin Verlander pitch out into right field, but more importantly, the rejuvenated Yankee bullpen displayed their dominance over the final three innings of the tie. The old cliché...

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We all know about Pan Am Flight 103 being blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. We also know 270 people were killed on that innocent Wednesday morning. What I don't know is how in the world can Scottish authorities release the mastermind behind the tragedy.

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You may think this is like "The Post American World", but it is really like "The Post Earth World". You see, I've become concerned about the future, not a decade or century from now, but the future of our kind. This may seem absurd, but really, I feel American democracy and its tenets are...

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Well, it’s that time of year again- the summer concert season. The nice weather and out-of-school kids mix to create endless nights of fun listening to music and just chillin’ out. So, let me get to the story. Bruce Springsteen, the greatest musician/artist/performer to ever grace the Earth announced he and the Legendary E-Street...

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The book is "The Age of American Unreason". The author is Mrs. Susan Jacoby. I was expecting a full blown critique of American culture, or as Mrs. Jacoby refers to it: infotainment. Didn't happen.

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Most of you EM loyalists, that is to say, the six of us who regularly visit the site, know about my Slavic heritage, and to that effect, my extreme aversion to many things Russian. For the most part, this is a consequence of my amazing satirical skills, however, sometimes I?m just not kidding.

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