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Is the Voynich Manuscript the Product of an Alien Intelligence?
Of course the hell not, but by sticking to the evidence, I find myself regrettably unable to run out into the quad and shout: “IT’S A COOKBOOK! THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT IS A COOKBOOK!” Sticking to...
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Popeye the Sailor vs. the Japanese
Here’s a little find that a student researching his final paper on WWII sent to me. It comes fully stocked with all of the racist characterizations of the Japanese that one expects from the period. It...
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The Palimpsest of History: WWII in Images
I wanted to share a link with you that hit the web big about a year ago, but is related to the course I am currently teaching on World War II. Photographer Sergey Larenkov’s stunning...
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Was the Flag Raising at Iwo Jima Staged?
Oh, I’m getting rusty, people. I almost let this one slip past me. About a month ago I was listening to On the Media, one of my favorite podcasts. Paul Waldman and Peter Gourevitch were debating...
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I’m not going to TAM, but I’m going to have fun anyway!
While I can’t attend the skeptical hajj (which every skeptic must attend at least once in their life!), Eve is taking me to see Tim Minchin, who is performing in Atlanta during TAMapalooza. Tim will be...
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From our foreign correspondent…
…the Blessed Professor Acker, who is currently in England. Hopefully he’s looting something nice for us. Oh, also that he remembers to steal an adapter since the plugs are different over there. He...
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Comic Book Review: The Big Lie
“Lies are like unwashed socks,” opens Rich Veitch’s new comic, The Big Lie. “They come in all sizes and stink to high heaven.” Take the stinker he just published, for instance. The Big Lie is the story...
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“Anonymous” Screenwriter John Orloff: Name Dropping and Wrong
John Orloff, who wrote the screenplay for the badly titled Anonymous (as Eve points out, it should be Pseudonymous) out-stupided the Huffington Post on their own turf, which is no mean feat. He took...
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Welcome to the end of the world…
Shatner did “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It’s worse than Camping could have hoped for: RJB (who blames Eve)
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Video Proof of Our TAM Panel!
For those of you who were skeptical that the James Randi Educational Foundation would allow Bob and me to appear on a panel at The Amazing Meeting 2012, we have evidence!
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