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I hate to bust the bubbles on your green beer, but …

March 17, 2010
By Robert Rouse
I hate to bust the bubbles on your green beer, but …

♪♫ HERE SHE COMES, MYTH ST. PATRICK’S DAY! ♫ ♪ It’s about time someone set you right about St. Patrick and that special day in his celebration, Lá Fhéile Pádraig. In order to protect yourself from being pinched today, you’re probably wearing green, however, Democrats may be happy to learn that the original color...
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Beware the Ides of March – no, seriously be afraid, be very afraid

March 15, 2010
By Robert Rouse
Beware the Ides of March – no, seriously be afraid, be very afraid

From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.  Act I Scene II. CAESAR Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry ‘Caesar!’ Speak; Caesar is turn’d to hear. SOOTHSAYER Beware the ides of March. CAESAR What man is that? BRUTUS A soothsayer bids you...
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St. Valentine’s Day … (… or how panic might equal love)

February 13, 2010
By Robert Rouse
St. Valentine’s Day … (… or how panic might equal love)

Tomorrow is a, uh … a “holiday”. Ah, love is in the air.  Men and women across the country are making florists, jewelers, candy makers and Hallmark Cards very happy.  We’ve been manipulated since elementary school to take part in this “romantic” holiday they call St. Valentine’s Day. But where did this tradition begin?...
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