--- wp-includes/template-functions-post.php
+++ wp-includes/template-functions-post.php
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 	echo $id;
 }
 
-function the_title($before = '', $after = '', $echo = true) {
+function the_title($before = '', $after = '', $echo = true, $strip = false) {
 	$title = get_the_title();
 	if ( strlen($title) > 0 ) {
 		$title = apply_filters('the_title', $before . $title . $after, $before, $after);
+		if ($strip)
+			$title = strip_tags($title);
 		if ($echo)
 			echo $title;
 		else
--- wp-content/themes/default/archive.php
+++ wp-content/themes/default/archive.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 		<div class="post">
-				<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
+				<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title('', '', 1, 0); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
 				<small><?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?></small>
 				
 				<div class="entry">
--- wp-content/themes/default/index.php
+++ wp-content/themes/default/index.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 				
 			<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
-				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
+				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title('', '', 1, 0); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
 				<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
 				
 				<div class="entry">
--- wp-content/themes/default/search.php
+++ wp-content/themes/default/search.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 				
 			<div class="post">
-				<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
+				<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title('', '', 1, 0); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
 				<small><?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?></small>
 				
 				<div class="entry">
--- wp-content/themes/default/single.php
+++ wp-content/themes/default/single.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		</div>
 	
 		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
-			<h2><a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
+			<h2><a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title('', '', 1, 0); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
 	
 			<div class="entrytext">
 				<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>'); ?>