The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Rape Apologists, Elite Apologists Or Something Else?

    By Michael Maiello on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 2:15pm | Politics

    It's very difficult to talk about (okay, I'll say it) outgoing IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, if you want to say anything other than "let's let the justice system turn and accept the ultimate result," without swallowing your own foot.

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    Getting Around On Less Fuel

    By Donal on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:34pm | Technology

    Last week, lots of experts were predicting that lower oil prices would lead to lower fuel prices at the pumps this summer. I wondered about that because Tom Whipple had noted that gasoline stocks were very low. The Kansas City Star takes the fuel stocks story a bit further: 

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    Noodling About Newt

    By Michael Maiello on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 2:37pm | Politics

    I don't believe that Newt Gingrich's candidacy for the Presidency is real in the slightest.  Like Ron Paul or Sarah Palin, Newt makes a great deal of money selling books and himself as a speaker and lecturer, to conservative groups.  This candidacy is a way of using donor money to promote himself as a lecturer, author and pundit.  For Palin, it happened by accident.  But Newt's been an industry ever since he left office.

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    Koch Brothers donations give them final say on the Rapture

    By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:24am | Politics, Humor & Satire

    HEAVEN – Following a staggering donation to the Heaven Fund, the Koch Brothers will now have final say on who gets Raptured. sources tell this reporter.

    David and Charles Koch – who combined are worth $43.5 billion – recently made headlines when it was learned that they had essentially taken control of the economics departments of such public colleges as Florida State University. In the FSU case, the Koch Brothers donated $1.5 million to the economics department, but with the caveat that the money could be taken away should the brothers disagree with any new hires.

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    Wolfrum's Morning: Oh, that Arnold

    By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:36am | Potpourri

    By law, all bloggers have to post some version of this song today.

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    The Djokovic Diet

    By Donal on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 8:50am | Health



    In Djokovic Rules and Djokovic Still Rules, I've already described how well I think Djokovic is playing this year. Many media pages, like the Wall Street Journal article below, are now devoted to the gluten-free diet he adopted last year - before the streak.

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    My Country is Breaking my Heart

    By Ramona on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 7:50am | Politics

    Nearly every morning lately I wake up feeling as though my heart is ripping out of my chest.  My loves are still my loves, my health is okay, and it looks like there's a chance my measly but adequate bank account may outlive me, so for a while there the cause of these major palpitations was a bit of a mystery.

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    Djokovic Still Rules

    By Donal on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:49pm | Sports

    Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, aka the Italian Open, stretching his unbeaten streak to 39 matches and seven titles, but more importantly, beating Nadal in consecutive red clay court matches. It was a tough, high quality match, well-played by both men. 

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