I was a pitcher on my high school baseball team.  Sophomore year I had a no-hitter going with two outs in the 9th.  I had never pitched a no-hitter, and, in this case, it was a perfect game.  26 batters up, 26 down. The 27th batter hit an easy ground ball to third base and [...]

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In 2004 Texas executed Todd Willingham. I am sure you don’t remember it because executions are to Texas what coal is to West Virginia.
So a little background is in order. Willingham was accused and found guilty of starting a house fire that killed his three daughters in 1991. Well a small problem [...]

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Somewhere in my basement you could probably find anything, if you have the nerve to go down. Really my cat thinks twice about going to the kitty litter box. I am pretty sure that somewhere at the bottom of a box, still unopened since we moved here in 1995, my wife will find [...]

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Martin Scorsese’s Shine A Light is the best rock and roll concert movie since Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. It is now out on DVD (including Blu Ray) and if you love rock and roll don’t miss it.  I was reluctant to see it in the theater because I assumed it would just be another [...]

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Speculation is rampant today in Indiana political and media circles that Barack Obama will pick Senator Evan Bayh as his running mate and that it will happen tomorrow (Wednesday 8/6) in Elkhart, Indiana.  I cannot confirm that because a number of sources close to Bayh have apparently lost their cell phones.
What I can tell you [...]

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band came home to New Jersey Sunday night and the family was there.  The E Street Family that is.  And for three hours and 14 minutes, just like the old days, we were as one. I saw my first Springsteen show in 1976 and Sunday night was number [...]

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