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Christmas Recipes: Microwave Baked Apples | Submitted By: Nicole M. —14684 days’ago’
This is an easy and fast baked apple recipe. Great for brunch or snack. Stuff the apples with any additional fruits that you wish -- cranberries stuffed into apples are especially delicious.


Easter Recipes: Four Seasons Enchiladas | Submitted By: Janice Elder —14684 days’ago’
Nice and spicy use for leftover turkey in a form that even the children will enjoy. Quick, too! Great topped with black olives, green onions, and tomatoes! Leftover ham would also be excellent in this dish.


Halloween Recipes: Paul's Pumpkin Bars | Submitted By: Deb Martin —14684 days’ago’
These are very moist, and so far I haven't found anyone who doesn't love them!


Hanukkah Recipes: Chicken and Dumplings IV | Submitted By: Helen Hosfeld —14684 days’ago’
With a centerpiece of rich dumplings made from scratch, this chicken and vegetable classic is the ultimate comfort food.


4th of July: Southern Potato Salad | Submitted By: Bobbye —14684 days’ago’
There 's just something comforting about warm potatoes slathered with mayonnaise, sweet pickle, garlic, mustard, bits of celery and diced hard boiled eggs.

Finnotan's Read

What the F***? – Why we Curse. —14684 days’ago’
Steven Pinker in The New Republic The strange emotional power of swearing–as well as the presence of linguistic taboos in all cultures– suggests that taboo words tap into deep and ancient parts of the brain. In general, words have not just a denotation but a connotation: an emotional coloring distinct from what the word literally refers [...]


Republican rats scrabble to take over the sinking ship —14684 days’ago’
Gerard Baker in The London Times This year it’s different. While the Democratic race is, as I noted last week, turning into an extended coronation for the Sun Queen, the Republican contest is a fog of competitive chaos. This is all the more striking because the polls suggest that the party is on course for a [...]


The unbridgeable gap between law and science —14684 days’ago’
Steve Connor in The Independent It is always amusing to see how the legal mind treats science given that both aspects of human activity are about the search for the truth. The trouble is, the law, like politics, is about certainties, whereas science is as much about what we don’t know as what we know for [...]


Gore Wins the Nobel. But Will He Run? —14684 days’ago’
Eric Pooley in Time For the past year, Al Gore has gone about his considerable business without showing much interest in running for president. While picking up an Oscar and an Emmy, publishing a very smart book and playing host at a global concert for the planet, he’s never done more than tease the idea. And [...]


What has Al Gore Done For World Peace? —14684 days’ago’
Damian Thompson in The Telegraph So Al Gore is the joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Admittedly, he has to share it with the United Nations’ climate change panel – but, even so, I think we need to declare an international smugness alert. The former US Vice-President has already taken over from Michael Moore as the [...]