Carolyn as Hodel and Peter as Lazar in the Stage Right homeschool Fiddler on the Roof.

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Those emails can wait.

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Now you can fact-check Trump’s tweets — in the tweets themselves

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Ginger Christ Superstar!

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When she isn’t playing Hodel, she’ll be dancing with a bottle.

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Quoth the ramen, "Eat some more!"

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In News, What’s Fake and What’s Real Can Depend on What You Want to Believe

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Knee-jerk sharing of memes denigrates the truth.

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