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Anti-Semetic Liberals



Has Anyone Seen a Blue Jay Lately?



Grammar Question!



The Organicism of Language, The Importance of Comprehension

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Health Care Questions From JoeTS To Wonky BMGers



We Interrupt Your Politics For A Poll On A Rumor



Two Answers For David



History Monday: The Sacred Band of Thebes



Obama Finally Moves On A GLBT Issue

(Yay for history!  Boo for unnecessary and costly holidays! ;-)

Relatedly, don't miss Alex Beam's amusing column, which inter alia urges the resurrection of "Massacre Day, which was celebrated in Boston from 1771 through 1783."  Also this particularly excellent nugget:

Another erstwhile holiday unlikely to be brought back: Nov. 5, or "Pope Night," an orgy of anti-Catholic revelry. "Suppressed during the Revolution so as not to insult the French," [historian John] Bell notes in an e-mail. "Unlikely to get much of a foothold in Boston today."
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