"His Bat Is An ‘Ohr La’Goyim'"

It's a banner year for Jews in baseball.

The Claw

Wow, Ezra Klein types weird. Modified two-finger approach. Not so elegant. (Roughly 45 secs in.)

Iraq Discovers It Has An Air Force

In storage in Serbia.

Top Five Novels on Political Conspiracy

According to Joseph Finder. (No Manchurian Candidate?)

But "Imaginary Banking" Is Redundant...

"Bank failure is getting a dry run in the multiplayer online game EVE. In recent weeks, EVE's largest player-controlled bank has hit the skids after one player embezzled and sold for real the InterStellarKredits -- ISK -- that are the coin of the imaginary realm. That caused a run on the bank. Then came an admission from Ebanks's CEO of bad management, followed by a string of loan defaults. Now the bank has frozen customer accounts."

Just Too Damn Popular

Belarus dictator admits to rigging vote... to LOWER his margin of victory.

I See Dead People... Writing About Dead People

Obituaries written by dead people!

No Sellout

Golfer Ryan Moore leaves hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table by refusing to wear corporate logos...

Engaging Young People in Civic Life

"The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts, and this collection addresses how to best provide opportunities for enhancing civic learning and forming lasting civic identities." Book rec of the day.

Better Than Disneyland

IKEA's struggles in Beijing: "Customers hop into display beds and nap, pose for snapshots with the decor and enjoy the air conditioning and free soda refills. They just don't buy much."

Art Terrorism

Why do people attack famous works of art?

Birthwrong

Birthright Israel's shady new PR firm...

The Jewish Forrest Gump

Shmuley Boteach discovers that Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi is going to be his neighbor in New Jersey.

The World's First Cocaine Bar

The most celebrated bar in South America, Route 36 is a "moveable feast"...

Ouch: Speedo Burglar Meets Police Dog

"A police dog helped apprehend a teenager wearing only a Speedo-style bathing suit for a series of thefts and burglaries near St. Christopher School on Thursday, the Journal Inquirer reported."

The Way Forward For the Troubled Los Angeles Times...

More female orgasm stories!

Tweet of the Day

James Lileks on Reader's Digest declaring Chapter 11: "Sad to hear Reader’s Digest has declared Chapter 11 - or, as the final documents read after their editors finished with them, Chapter 5."

Bob Dylan Who?

Hmmm... see comment about Skip Gates. (TPM's Greg Mitchell tweets: "Will Obama invite Dylan and Jersey cop to White House for another beer summit? Or decide: don't drink twice, it's all right?")

Birther Implosion

You know you're in trouble when even Andy Martin is calling you batshit crazy.