Yahoo! News – Boone, Bowden Fired in Reds’ Management Purge. Ohhhhh. Ohhhhh. Blood on the dugout floor. Good for the Reds. This is the best thing they’ve done all season. Now let’s see either Dave Miley of Ray Knight run this team.

CT on the Tolkien method compared to other Christian writers. This is particularly a survey of his method.

I am truly disappointed you guys didn’t send me to this conference.

Kay Hymowitz enters the bizarre world of Michael Moore. Read this and then go take a shower, but it’s worth the trouble.

Kids who refuse to be kids. What about the adults who make billions perpetuating this craziness?

One for Rigney. The Paste Interview with John Hiatt.