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The Ford Executive Who Kept Score of Colleagues’ Verbal Flubs: Mike O’Brien kept a meticulous log of mixed metaphors and malaprops uttered in meetings over a decade; ‘too many cooks in the soup’ [ [link removed] ]
I’m not going to lie, that would totally be me. As a matter of fact, I’m a little upset with myself that I haven’t been doing that already
‘Grandpas’ got together to help kids. Scientists say it boosts the elders’ health, too [ [link removed] ]
No snarky comment. This is a great idea. More of this
Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell sat down with constitutional law professor Eric Segall of Georgia State University for a wide-ranging and sobering conversation on the Supreme Court, Donald Trump’s legal maneuvering, and the fragile state of American democracy.
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Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander dive into the billion-dollar business of college athletics—and the increasingly blurry line between amateurism and professionalism.
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As four criminals escape from a prison on Titan and celebrate their newfound freedom aboard their stolen ship, one of them begins hearing an eerie knocking from outside the spacecraft
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Woman's $12 Auction Find May Be a Renoir [ [link removed] ] - Maybe do some research on things before you auction them off for $12
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