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Another year, another award for Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera.  Last year’s MVP, Cabrera managed to match that feat this season, even if he didn’t win another Triple Crown.  Joining him in the category of baseball’s biggest stars is a young center fielder who helped drag Pittsburgh from the depths of baseball’s failure cellar to […]

It’s one of the biggest debates in architecture, quite literally.  In the heart of Manhattan, New York City has built the impressive One World Trade Center tower, AKA the Freedom Tower.  According to some, it’s the tallest building in the United States of America.  However, that claim drew cries of complaint from the heart of […]

For every billion-dollar blockbuster like The Avengers, Marvel is sitting on dozens of other properties that can be used to flesh out their universe, continue to grow their revenue stream, and add more color and interest into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  With the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, the in-progress Ant-Man, and the rumored Doctor […]

Legal proceedings can get quite tricky if you’re not a lawyer or judge or someone educated in the legal profession.  There are a lot of specialized documents, briefs to be submitted, rules and regulations, and even the way you address the other participants in the court case are governed by a set of complex rules […]

For years, the restriction on the use of electronic devices on airplanes has been one of the most hotly-debated, and possibly dumbest, restrictions ever put into place by the Federal Aviation Administration.  Perhaps long ago, before the rise of shielded electronics, it made sense to ban all electronic devices from use during plane flights, but […]

Periodically, you hear interesting stories about people who find themselves getting kicked off of plane flights for spurious reasons.  From threatening tattoos to talking on the phone to Words With Friends, it seems like any number of reasons can cause a passenger to be removed from a plane, but most of these events happen on the […]

It’s only been a couple of weeks since Focus and Universal announced that Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam were going to take the lead roles in the film version of the 50 Shades trilogy.  Then, the fans got involved.  The outrage was palpable, and poor Charlie Hunnam took the bulk of the fan annoyance because […]

To say that China has an pollution problem is like saying fish have dry skin.  Fish need water to live, and the Chinese may have the worst air quality in the known universe.  There are planets in our solar system that have more breathable air than China, and none of the planets in our solar […]

It’s beginning to be a theme regarding the television show The Walking Dead.  It seems like every season the ratings just keep going up and up, with no end in sight.  Don’t believe me?  Record ratings in the first season.  Record ratings in the third season.  And now, record ratings in the fourth season.  The […]

There are some things that cannot be messed with, and a good burger is one of those things.  On the surface, a hamburger is a simple food.  Ground meat, a bun, a hot surface to cook it on, etc.  However, you can get very creative with your hamburgers if you really want to.  A Chicago, […]

If all you know of Tom Clancy is submarines, then you should probably revisit his work.  The author, who practically invented the technothriller genre, was definitely a talent at his craft.  Nobody put in that much research, and nobody worked harder to get all the little details right when it comes to the military fiction […]

The city of Boston, Massachusetts, can’t be an easy place to be homeless.  There may be all sorts of shelters and food kitchens and stuff, but the problem with the whole enterprise is that it’s a brutally cold place to spend a winter.  One homeless man, Glen James, found the solution to a lot of […]