Ben Towle

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George Will

Harvard president pays high price for his hypothesis Why is it that conservative columnists are always such superior writers compared to their counterparts on the left? I find that generally I disagree with their opinions more often than I agree, but the mastery of language and tone exhibited by someone like George Will makes his …

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CNN.com – Two dead, two hurt in Jeep plant shooting – Jan 27, 2005

CNN.com – Two dead, two hurt in Jeep plant shooting – Jan 27, 2005 “Police also said he had strapped a stuffed animal to the back of his neck.” Whaaa?!

Student Work – Historical Figures / page1.tif

Student Work – Historical Figures / page1.tif I stumbled on this doing some research for my “Comics for Teens” class that I teach on Tuesday nights. This student work is a comics biography from one of Tom Hart’s classes in NYC. I had seen this published in an SPX anthology a few years back and …

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Hollywood: Bereft of ideas

I went to the movies this weekend an saw the much-lauded Sideways. The film itself was mildly amusing in a trite NPR-esque way, but what really struck me were the previews. Thankfully there were only three, but as a group they exhibited a stunning lack of originality. Two of the three were of the “wacky …

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Adopt-a-bear

Forsyth County > Animal Control > Adoption Photos > Animal Detail Report This animal is under the “dogs” section of the Forsyth County animal shelter website, but there’s no foolin’ me. That’s clearly a baby brown bear.