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Morocco has a long history of catering to sophisticated tourists, starting at least as far back as World War II when Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart put the country on the world cultural map forever with the hit movie “Casablanca” in 1942. There is a wide variety of fabulous five-star resorts in Morocco because the …

The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831. Their spiritual home and former training centers are in former French colonial North Africa, although they now train primarily in the south of France. What made them the legendary force they were and still are? What success lessons can we learn from them? Recently, twelve volunteers chose …

This is an important issue. What we think of Jesus and his own identity is the most important problem in the field of current thought. Oscar Wilde expressed the opinion, quoted in an interesting book by Rivkah Zim, that Jesus was a deluded mystic whose creative imagination was the source of all his ideas. So …

One of the most respected defensive players in the NFL today would have to be Champ Bailey. He is often regarded as one of the best (if not the best) NFL cornerbacks in the country. As one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL, he always puts in a solid effort and is known for …

Minnesota once had a backup catcher named Matthew Lecroy, whose last name is just a different letter from the player who could soon become the Twins’ regular backup. Now that an injury has sidelined Jason Castro for the rest of this season, second-place Minnesota must replace him with an experienced receiver. An obvious choice would …

What are the instructions for the Hand and Pie card game? This version of canasta is played with two sets of cards, one hand and one foot, unlike the traditional canasta which is played with only one hand. Here are your basic game rules. In Hand and Foot, you choose a partner and sit across …

The AP Top 25 and Coaches Top 25 College Football polls are nationally recognized, but after more than 50 years of watching and/or covering college football games, and being a sports editor for a daily newspaper, here’s another opinion: Auburn and Oregon are still scoring and winning, so they remain in the top two for …

Oahu is probably most famous for its surfing competitions, especially on the north shore. Fear not, though there are plenty of great places to skimboard on Oahu. So let’s start here. The south coast: 1. Sandy Beach is a good place, it is a bit crowded but it has a strong surf. 2. Waikiki isn’t …

The wheels of the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round… As NASCAR’s third Chase for the Championship approaches, as Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. try to hold off Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle, another battle has broken out. The battle for stupidity. I wrote an article a …

Am I reading this right? Do sportsbooks have the Indianapolis Colts at 10-1 to win the Super Bowl? And 4-1 to get to the Super Bowl? You mean there’s still someone out there who will bet on Indy? That, my friends, is shocking. There is absolutely no way in the fucking world for the Colts …