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It is the wolverine state, "although scientists believe there were never many wolverines there," notes a cranky Willis Dunbar, author of the World Book essay.
The cranky spin: Now that nine consecutive Kenyans have won the Boston Marathon--and four of them finished among this year's top 10--how about giving some other country a chance?
G. Cranky Orrin Hatch is annoyed that everyone doesn't just agree with him, and he thinks the best remedy is to mount a futile run for the presidency.
Sure, the Washington Post is a good enough paper, and we like its local reporting, but its foreign coverage doesn't compare to the Times , the Op-Ed page tends to counteract the effects of my morning coffee (with the exception of the divinely cranky Michael Kelly on Wednesdays--long may he rant), and the editors often seem clueless about how to put together an attractive and readable paper.
Wow--am I ever cranky this morning!