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The Recruit cobb

The Recruit

Clare Briggs March 6, 2025
This cartoon was made *PRIOR* to Ty Cobb's assault on Claude Lucker
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No Country For Young Men? Nah, It’s Time to Grow Up Young Men

No Country For Young Men? Nah, It’s Time to Grow Up

Garion Frankel March 6, 2025
This is not an easy world in which to be a young man, but it is no...
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The Real First 100 Days First 100 Days

The Real First 100 Days

Issac Faulk March 6, 2025
Americans should expect more from leaders, on both sides, to recognize the moments they’re in and apply...
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Zelenskyy’s Pop-In: Why? What was Zelenskyy trying to do?

Zelenskyy’s Pop-In: Why?

Ben Sears March 6, 2025
What was Zelenskyy trying to do?
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Snug as a Bug in a Rug. Until… arthur

Snug as a Bug in a Rug. Until…

Clare Briggs March 5, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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Lent! Lent

Lent!

Jaybird March 5, 2025
Every year, you see, we eat our pancakes and talk about the year behind and the year...
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Congress and Changes to the Indirect Cost Rate for NIH Grants Indirect Cost of NIH Grants

Congress and Changes to the Indirect Cost Rate for NIH Grants

Neuro Nerd March 5, 2025
Congress has the opportunity to assert itself in addressing the question of what the appropriate indirect cost...
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Friend Wife shoes

Friend Wife

Clare Briggs March 4, 2025
It's not *THAT* hard to take your shoes off.
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Group Activity: President Donald Trump Address to Congress Will Trump Debate?

Group Activity: President Donald Trump Address to Congress

OT Editors March 4, 2025
President Donald Trump will address a joint session of congress tonight at 9pm ET. Watch live and...
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Movie of a Man seeing Friend Wife off on a Trip peach

Movie of a Man seeing Friend Wife off on a Trip

Clare Briggs March 4, 2025
Batchin' it!
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Group Activity The Full, Unedited Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance Video Trump, Zelenskyy, Vance

Group Activity The Full, Unedited Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance Video

OT Editors March 3, 2025
"This is going to be great television" quipped President Trump as his disastrous meeting with Ukraine's Zelensky,...
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Some Speed! Some Speed!

Clare Briggs March 2, 2025
In which Clare Briggs gives a shoutout to Frank King's "Motorcycle Mike". (But, really, it's about baseball.)
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Goodbye to Monolith Studios weepangel

Saturday Morning Gaming: Goodbye to Monolith Studios

Jaybird March 1, 2025
Monolith Studios is shutting down. This one *HURTS*.
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Sulphur and Molasses spoonful

Sulphur and Molasses

Clare Briggs March 1, 2025
Purges the system and thickens the blood, it does.
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POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense

POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense

Ben Sears February 28, 2025
Chaucer is assumed to have died in 1400...I say assumed, because there were no dates on his...
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Kelly Pool — The Pill at Home 2025-02-27 Kelly C0869 (02.26.15)

Kelly Pool — The Pill at Home

Clare Briggs February 28, 2025
What's the worst that could happen from a lie? What's the worst that could happen from the truth?
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Weekend Plans Post: Psych dignity

Weekend Plans Post: Psych

Jaybird February 28, 2025
The current obsession.
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Civilization civ

Civilization

Clare Briggs February 26, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent all laws fall silent

In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent

Expat Matt February 26, 2025
Laws have no power over us, except for the power we give them. And they can be...
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Movie of a Street Snow Shoveler lifeingeneral

Movie of a Street Snow Shoveler

Clare Briggs February 25, 2025
There is only one way to eat an elephant.
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