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Unlike the American League, which I covered in yesterday's entry and which is dominated by three teams, the National League pennant race in MLB is wide open. This is both good news and bad for our own Phillies. The bad news is that there are a lot of pretty good teams in the NL that … Continue reading MLB 2009: National League
Our World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies will open up defense of their crown on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park in a nationally televised game against the Atlanta Braves. For the next three days leading up to Opening Day, I will take a look at Major League Baseball's upcoming 2009 season, beginning today with a … Continue reading MLB 2009: American League
You pick up the receiver at work to answer a call to your business, and find no answer. The phone line sounds like it is dead in fact. And yet even though you answered the call, the phone just keeps on ringing.Then you finally notice it...someone has taped down the 'plunger' on your telephone's main … Continue reading April Fool’s
In January 2006, Alison Antoine woke to find the words "Die Nigger" spray-painted on the front of the house in Stiles, Antrim A Philadelphia Police Officer is in some hot water today thanks to racially insensitive comments he made while escorting a college student journalist. It brings to the fore a legitimate question: are words … Continue reading Nigger: Just a word, or something more?
For a land-locked nation that is basically a pile of rock and sand, Afghanistan holds some serious sway in the international community. The reasons are many, but they are sometimes difficult to grasp until you look more closely. Afghanistan is bordered on the west by an Islamic nuclear-power wannabe ruled by a mad President in … Continue reading Islamism Series: Back to Afghanistan
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