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April 16, 2021 I would imagine that one of the most jarring pitches for a major league batter to face is an extremely slow breaking pitch. Conventional wisdom might suggest the opposite — something like triple-digit heat. But at least a batter knows to expect high-end velocity when he steps to the plate against a given pitcher. A pitch under 70 mph, on the other hand, is rare enough that it can freeze you. Not familiar with the types of pitches I am talking about? Here are a select few. Since...

Four years before taking Major League Baseballs All-Star Game away from Atlanta to protest Georgias new election law, Commissioner Rob Manfred pandered to "woke" activists by overreacting to one situation while underreacting to a far worse one. Manfred suspended a player who childishly mocked an opponents ancestry yet ignored another who pulled a gun on a woman, leading to his arrest for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Five weeks before his arrest, that player became t...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. I am an extremely busy person. My daily life even during a pandemic, when, by wise choice, I am sticking pretty close to home, is filled with activity, albeit much of it in front of a computer screen. I see therapy clients via telehealth. I create articles for various sites and publicatio...

Welcome to  The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime The Pitch: When it comes to love, Charlie Mackenzie has had his share of bad luck: Sherrie was a klepto – Charlie still can’t find his cat. Jill was unemployed, but Charlie knew she really worked for the Mafia. Pam smelled like soup-beef vegetable soup. Good thing for Charlie he disc...

Alain Nu - The Man Who Knows Be amazed by Alain Nu and experience a show designed to illustrate how connected we are despite the current circumstances. Minds will be read, futures foretold, synchronicities revealed! Alain Nu, "The Man Who Knows," is an international performance artist and an entertaining man of mystery. He is a mind­reader, a visionary of the future, and a "you have to see it to believe it" sort of guy. He has starred in his own four-part miniseries for the TLC network, "The M...

Less than two weeks after the release of an unclassified US intelligence report on the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pressure continues to build in Washington for President Joe Biden to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) accountable. The widely anticipated report confirmed what many human rights groups, United Nations experts and US lawmakers had long argued: the crown prince approved the operation to “capture or kill” Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in I...

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guest author Julie Minerva. I’m a fan of Steven Wright’s sardonic humor and deadpan delivery (“I bought some powdered water… but I don’t know what to add to it.”). Apparently, the US Army Corps of Engineers is also a fan of Wright-esque word play based on a recently announced series of WRDA implementation guidance listening sessions where they are asking non-federal sponsors to —wait for it— speak up! All joking aside, starting on March 16th, the Corps will be hosting five li...

If you spend 60 minutes watching Robin Williams, you’ll be laughing out loud for roughly five of them.

Take Two Look both ways at this tricky puzzle by Jeff Chen and Celeste Watts, making her debut. Young hitchhikers near Paris in 1971, waiting for someone to give them a lift to the south of France.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images March 6, 2021 SUNDAY PUZZLE — Today we have an excellent cryptic trick (cryptrick?) for a theme that will make you think twice about your spoken words all day. It’s a first effort from Celeste Watts, a retired elementary schoolteacher and longtime sol...