The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    FRIDAY FOLLIES: On Roswell, A Beer for the Times, Disappearing Art, and a Twitterpated Pope

    By Ramona on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 11:18am | Politics, Arts & Entertainment, Humor & Satire

    Roswell, NM is in the news again with only just another suspicious "crash".   The "crash" supposedly burned "28 acres" of "grassland".  Uh huh.   The official word is that the pilot "ejected safely".  No ID on the "pilot".  Nobody is allowed to "see" him.  The base is "asking the public to cooperate with military and civilian authorities at the scene to ensure the safety of everyone involved."
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    Planned Parenthood Blog Carnival gives a chance to tell the real stories & the truth about #MyPP

    By William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 8:58am | Politics, Social Justice

    Hosted by the blogs What Tami Said and Shakesville, today is a Planned Parenthood Blog Carnival. The purpose of the Carnival is for women or men that have been helped by Planned Parenthood to share their positive experiences.

     

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    In an Era of Super-Villains we need Super-Heroes

    By Ramona on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:02pm | Politics
     

    Since the dawn of man there has always been the need for a healthy society to smack down villains.  Villains are the human version of opportunistic rats:  There is no compunction about doing us in if that's what it takes to keep their kind going.  If their population is allowed to grow and thrive, their numbers will take us over.
     

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    Real People On Trial

    By Michael Maiello on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 10:19am | Politics

    I have criminal trials on the brain this week with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and now Casey Anthony dominating the non-political news.  But, as I said in a previous post, I'm not a crime news junky.  I am, however, very interested in procedure and civil liberties.  When something like the DSK case happens I almost immediately wonder, "what happens to the accused when they are not fabulously wealthy?" Which is the topic of my column for The Daily this week.

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    The End of the Glenn Beck Story

    By Michael Wolraich on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 5:54pm | Politics

    You'll notice a pattern in all stories: There are three kinds of characters: heroes, villains and there but for the grace of God go I.

    -- Glenn Beck

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    A Warm Welcome to Our New Rich Text Editor

    By Michael Wolraich on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 4:06pm | Potpourri

    Dear readers,

    I am sad to report that dagblog has been forced to dismiss a member of our team after years of faithful service.

    You may not know TinyMCE by name, but she has served has our Rich Text Editor since 2008 when dagblog was founded. Every word that you have ever typed at dag has been tenderly processed and formatted by the indefatigable Tiny.

    True, she sometimes garbled the font and impulsively inserted extra lines between paragraphs. And yes, her spellchecker never worked very well. But she did her job every day without complaint and kept dagblog humming.

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    Strange Verdicts, Casey Anthony and Murder Trials

    By Michael Maiello on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 3:59pm | Social Justice

    I don't follow murder trials closely and I can't stand Nancy Grace, a former prosecutor who seems to think that no innocent people have ever been accused of a crime in America ever.  When juries acquit in what we outsiders are assured are "slam dunk" cases, I don't get angry about it.  It's pointless, after all, and the jury generally knows better than anybody whether or not a prosecutor has surmounted the "reasonable doubt" hurdle.

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    Happy Fourth of July (Boston Iced Tea Edition)

    By Doctor Cleveland on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:35pm | Politics

    I'm enjoying the Glorious Fourth from my front porch, with Old Glory flying and a whole fridgeful of red and blue berries just waiting for some patriotic whipped cream to make them a virtuous Yankee dessert. Later today, my Red Sox will be taking on the British Commonwealth's only big-league baseball team, Toronto. I hope they do the Sons of Liberty proud.

    In honor of the day, a recipe and a bit of historical trivia. First, the recipe:

    Boston Harbor Iced Tea
    1. Brew Darjeeling tea and ice it.

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