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Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: the long-awaited “Indy IV” gets a title.

Throwing Like a Girl: an Atlantic Monthly article from 1996 takes on the task of examining why girls “throw like girls.”

Could You Live Without China? Intrepid journalist tries to live one year without buying anything made in China.

The greater the exaggeration, the greater the fall: Christianity Today speaks to the statistical shell game played by many churches today.

Braves’ manager Bobby Cox was ejected from the game last night, setting a MLB record of 132 career ejections. Don’t tell Bobby Cox, but I’ve seen quite a few baseball games in my life, and I’ve never seen an umpire overturn a call because the manager disputed it.

From The Onion: Churchgoer Tips God For Excellent Week. It’s satire, but the sad thing is that I’ve really seen this attitude quite often.

The Russians are often puzzling, and so is this Russian Puzzle…

You can’t always get what you want: Mick Jagger, of all people issues a video clip supporting freedoms for Belarus.

A new study shows that those bizzare “Baby Einstein” videos might not be such a bright idea .

House wine of the South: What makes Southern sweet tea so special?