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This is it. The day to traipse to the post office and mail in your income tax papers. In farm lingo, this is the time swill the pigs. To feed…

If there is one subject which fascinates academics more than any other, it is why are they so smart and the rest of the populace not. Although there is no…

"Put 'em up, pal!" No, that's not right. Let me try again. "It ain't the size of the man, but the size of the tool he carries." Better, but still…

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