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This Is Not Working For Us
The country moved into its second year of uninterrupted job losses last month, with companies shedding another 598,000 jobs — the most since December 1974 — and the unemployment rate moving up to 7.6 percent, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Economists had forecast a loss of 540,000 jobs and a unemployment rate of 7.5…
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Andy Card's Handy Canard
Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card went reverse uppity this week, appearing on Inside Edition to scold President Barack Obama for relaxing George W. Bush’s Oval Office dress code, mandating coats and ties at all times for gentlemen (and Burkas at all times for ladies, we presume?). Although coverage of the new rules,…
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Gifted Hands, Remedial Script
Somewhere out there is a biopic worthy of the many talents of pediatric neurosurgeon, author and motivational speaker Ben Carson, he of the spectacular surgeries and the bestselling books. The man’s got a story to tell, and in this age of Obama, stories that celebrate the life of black intellect are welcome, indeed. Too bad…
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The New Visionaries: Dr. Ben Carson and Dr. James Frazier
The Root’s ongoing video series in the newest generation of black thought leaders.
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Bush, The Lincoln Bedroom, and Me
In this segment of the PBS special, ‘Looking for Lincoln,’ premiering on Feb. 11, The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. gets a White House tour from President Bush and the two men compare the 16th and 43rd presidencies. In other segments, Doris Kearns Goodwin explains how Lincoln co-opted his rivals, and Gates touches the hat of the…
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How Lincoln Tamed His Rivals
In this clip from the PBS series ‘Looking for Lincoln,’ The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks to “Team of Rivals” author Doris Kearns Goodwin about how Lincoln used his political instincts and powerful oratory to co-opt his rivals.
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Weeding Out Justice
The Buzz gets no satisfaction player hating those who regularly spark the leaf. But we’re in favor of a just application of the law when it comes to marijuana. As Stanton Peele writes in today’s Wall Street Journal, “Arrest Michael Phelps!”—unless the kid glove, superstar treatment is going to be applied equally to African Americans…
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Like $500,000 Is A Real Salary Cap!?
This morning’s lead story in The New York Times addresses President Obama’s efforts to change corporate culture by caping executive salaries to $500,000. Now, as much as The Buzz loves the Big O, we can’t help but say, “Whatchu talkin’ bout, Bama?” They’re even astounded Down Under, where the online newspaper The Australian makes note…
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Weird Science
Modern medicine never ceases to amaze The Buzz. The latest shocker? A recent kidney transplant, detailed by William Saletan in Slate’s “Human Nature” blog, in which a 48-year-old woman had the organ removed through her vagina. Yes, you read correctly! Vagina. And if BBC News reported the story, then you know that it’s more than the setup for a…
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