With much help from several people I think I have found the source of all my problems with apostrophes and sql errors. The problem seems to be the Scripturizer 1.5 plugin that I was using. I have disabled the plugin for now. If anyone knows of a good plugin that does what Scripturizer does and works with WordPress 2.1.2, let me know.
****Update****
The very generous person behind Scripturizer sent me the link to the new beta version that seems to have cleared everything up. I am actually 100% working in WordPress 2.1.2 now. If you use Scripturizer, get this new version here:
