Punchlines: Ides of March and St. Patrick's Day

In recent history, from the Vietnam war to the present, the month of March has been chosen by Pentagon and NATO military planners as the “best month” to go to war. With the exception of the War on Afghanistan (OctoberHummingbird View full size The middle of March means hummingbirds will soon make their local return. AP File Photo. It was cold on Friday, March 15, the date, according to the ancient Roman calendar, on which Julius Caesar was murdered. Even todayFor some arcane reason — maybe to prove that I read Shakespeare in high school like everyone else — “Beware the Ides of March” is a phrase I wait all year long to drop on friends. After all, it's worth paying mind to theHot on the heels of Pi Day, the Ides of March is a another day ripe for geeks who love history and Shakespeare. For those who don't know, the Ides of March started as an innocuous term that

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