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Protect the Institution! The Catholic Church, Boy Scouts of America, Penn State University and the Newest Entrant, Michigan State University, by Mark Erickson

In these four high-profile cases, adults covered up sexual crimes. The Catholic Church moved priests. The Boy Scouts kept their Perversion Papers secret. Penn State preferred profits over boys. As the gymnastics’ story has already unfolded at Molestation State University against female gymnasts, there will be an expansion to female co-eds, making the travesty more …

Sundance 2018: Child Sex Abuse, Encyclopedia Sales, Race Cars and More, by Mike Hughes

Without really intending to, we seem to have low-key ‘done’ Sundance this last week, mainly via the ewaitlist, which is cool fun. Of the headline grabbing films, we saw The Tale, (with Laura Dern, Jason Ritter and an eleven year old Isabelle Nélisse) which has amazing parallel times and lines storytelling. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4015500/ I can’t tell …

Cedric the Entertainer Crashes Blazers Post-Game Press Conference, by Chuck Strom

After the Portland Trailblazers’ win over the Indiana Pacers last Thursday night, comedian Cedric the Entertainer got up from his courtside seat afterward and took Coach Terry Stotts’ place at the podium for the postgame press conference: Thanks to the graciousness of the Trailblazers, I’ve been in that briefing room a couple of times. Usually, …

A Relevant Defense of Paying for Investigative Journalism, by Davin Michael Stedman

Articles like this one, are why paying $20 a month for The New York Times is a nice investment. Maybe the news we get for free is typically hot garbage for primarily that reason. Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html Why pay for news? Because this story about the …

Adam West – The Thing

Golly, the late Adam West had some superb comedy cameos in the later years of his life– the mayor on Family Guy, appearances on The Simpsons and King of Queens come to mind– and this song for an upcoming Dr. Demento recording is another humdinger of comic brevity for TV’s classic Batman. Give it a …