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    The End of Batboy?

    Monday, July 23rd, 2007
    Category: The World Around Us

    It’s been all over the blogosphere that the Weekly World News is shutting down in August.  It’s a shame; when I was in high school, my friend Barry and I would stop by the grocery store and pick up a copy on the way to the bus stop, and snicker over the stories which we [...]

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    Harry Potter, Anarchist

    Monday, July 23rd, 2007
    Category: Cultural Cynicism, Harry Potter, Nerdgasm

    As anyone who has grabbed a stick and shouted "Lumos!" knows, the Harry Potter books are infallible guides to casting magical spells and to Dark Magic, and are thus rightly feared by the Religious Right.  But in addition to the magic which kids learn from reading the books (and the more dangerous notions that kids [...]

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