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Blogging for Change Freedom of Speech

Fouad Mourtada is Free!

Since I have already blogged about this elsewhere, I’ll keep it short and sweet. Fouad Mourtada was freed today on a royal pardon after serving 25 days of a three year sentence. His crime: impersonating Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco on social networking site Facebook. Now Fouad is free, but what’s next? Will he be […]

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Music

A tip to the wise

As I was sitting around Sunday night, trying to figure out which Baldwin I shared Binghamton University’s hallowed halls with (and poring over Wikipedia’s list of famous Binghamton alums, to which I added myself, of course, because I’m that cool), when I discovered a very familiar-sounding name. I clicked on it, thinking, “Hmm, I wonder […]

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Boston Humor

If you order a pizza at 4:35, it’ll be ready at 9:55?

Now I know why we never order out from Pizzeria Uno! We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at B&G Oysters last night, followed by George Carlin, live at the Wang Center (yes, non-Bostonians, it’s really called that…except now it’s owned by Citibank and referred to as the Citi Wang, which is somehow even worse). Carlin was […]