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Round and Round the Mulberry Bush: Keeping an Eye on the Weasels

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. February 3, 2014

image via The latest economic data show workers’ wages and salaries growing at the lowest rate relative to corporate profits in U.S. history. Yet in “America’s Inequality Problem,” a January 20, 2014, column for The New York Times, David Brooks says, “. . . raising the minimum wage may not be an effective way to […]

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Washington Redskins – BREAKING NEWS

by Richard B. Phillips December 16, 2013

Image via Photobucket The Washington Redskins have hired former USC coach Lane Kiffin, who was fired last September, to coach the Washington Redskins for the upcoming 2014 season. The franchise’s major overhaul after a troubled season took another step Monday when Shanahan was fired in the early afternoon following a news conference at Redskins Park. […]

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James Franco : Hottest Guy in the World (This Month)

by Mary Kay Holmes December 9, 2013

“License my roving hands, and let them go/ Before, behind, between, above, below.” John Donne.

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Killing Time

by Christopher T. Wood October 20, 2013

A friend of mine had a thought the other day. Just the one. It’s the kind of thing that often happens when men sit around with other men, grilling meat and drinking whiskey. Such activities are known to inspire thoughts. Word is God had just flipped the tri tip when he concluded, “Shit, fool. You […]

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The Hottest Guy in the World – This Month

by Mary Kay Holmes August 29, 2013

“You know that place between sleeping and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always think of you.” ― J.M. Barrie You lie in your bed, eyes still closed, a smile draped across your face as you relive the nights dreams. You spend about 3 minutes believing it really happened–if you […]

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I Am a Beardsman

by Nate "Chops" Johnson August 27, 2013

Photo by: Brandon Lavoie My name is Nathan Johnson. In the bearding world, I’m known as “Chops Johnson.” I currently hold 12 titles, including 5, 1st place victories; 2nd place in the 2012 National Beard and Mustache Championships, and 2 for Best In Show. All for my sideburns. I am a beardsman. As I approach […]

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The Porn House

by Katy McCaffrey August 23, 2013

Things have been really calm and easy at our house lately. Summer took us in like a mother waiting with open arms and then she gently rocked us while we lazed around and had our hair patted. Uncomfortable with this type of ease and general happiness, we immediately decided it was time to move. Moving […]

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In Contempt of: Children’s Prayers

by Mike Anthrope August 4, 2013

In Contempt of: is a semi-comedic column that celebrates all the things I can’t stand… Every night before I went to bed when I was a kid, my Ma and I would kneel down, leaning on the edge of my race car bed, and we would pray. My Ma loved to pray, always clutching a […]

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Superhero Supreme

by Mary Kay Holmes July 23, 2013

Dear Zack Snyder (dude who directed Man of Steel, also a big time genius): First off, I would like to congratulate you on making the insanely brilliant decision to add Batman into the mix in the next Superman movie.  I loved Man of Steel, and thought Henry Cavill did an amazing job, especially considering he […]

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Tortured Souls Can Be Sexy

by Mary Kay Holmes June 26, 2013

I recently completed reading both The Count of Monte Cristo and The Great Gatsby–I’m having a summer of classic men, and I’m enjoying it immensely. I couldn’t resist considering both of our heroes as partners and lovers while devouring the pages, and thought a side by side comparison was in order. A “Bachelor” reality series […]

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Cheers for Beards

by Tony Shea June 25, 2013

This year’s Stanley Cup Finals surely has to rank as one of the best in recent memory, starring two of the “original six” teams, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, in an intense series that featured three overtime games. For Bostonians it must undoubtedly have been heartbreaking to watch Chicago in game six, as […]

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My Summer Vacation

by Daedalus Howell June 17, 2013

When I was a wee lad of grammar school age, it was guaranteed that within the first week of the new school year, my classmates and I would be tasked with writing the dreaded “My Summer Vacation” essay. Apart from the occasional foray to the Happiest Place on Earth or being dispatched to my mother’s […]

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Of Terrorism and Terrorists

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. June 14, 2013

In his recent address on foreign policy, published in the New York Times on May 23, President Obama announced that fundamental changes were called for in the assumptions that have kept the United States at war for more than a decade, during which time 7,000 soldiers have made the ultimate sacrifice and we have “spent […]

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