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'Tis the Season of Spending
Nov. 28, 2008—In a recent Kmart commercial, a man asks, “Didn’t we just carve pumpkins?” as his wife happily rushes off to get a jump on her holiday shopping. The spot, which started airing before Halloween, makes light of the fact that enticements to holiday spending seem to start earlier each year. Retailers are scrambling…
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Michelle and Mommy Wars
When Michelle Obama took to describing her new role as mom in chief, my first reaction was to wince at her words. My second reaction was to identify with them. I was okay, actually, with what Obama said. But I worried: Did she have to say it out loud, quite so explicitly? Is it really…
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Michelle's Got This.
When Michelle Obama took to describing her new role as mom in chief, my first reaction was to wince at her words. My second reaction was to identify with them. I was okay, actually, with what Obama said. But I worried: Did she have to say it out loud, quite so explicitly? Is it really…
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Mr. Obama's Sweet Potato Pie
Last year on the 2008 campaign trail, them-President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed his culinary love for sweet potato pie. The Root visited Henry’s Soul Cafe in Washington, D.C., which claims it has the “Best Pie on the Planet.” The original article is reprinted below. Watch the video here. By his own admission, he is a man…
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Obama Wins, Hate Crimes Jump!
Damn!!! The Buzz should have seen this coming, but Damn!!!! We’re not sure whether to be more shocked or sad. Reuters is reporting that hate crimes jumped across the country in the wake of Barack Obama election. According the report: “Hundreds of incidents of abuse or intimidation apparently motivated by racial hatred have been reported…
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Prince vs. Gay Marriage
Despite claims that he was misquoted, The New Yorker is standing by its report that Prince spoke out against gay marriage in a recent interview. So—all the way back in 1980 when Prince was singing, “White, black, Puerto Rican/Everybody just a-freakin,’” he must have specifically envisioned a radically multicultural but strictly hetero love fest. Reasonable…
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Mugabe, At it Again
Zimbabwe continues to present trouble for Southern Africa, as the region pushes to climb out of food, economic, and health pitfalls. President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has led a career shrouded in corruption and isolation. Other leaders in the region, and from over the world, including Kofi Annan, and Jimmy Carter, have called for a…
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Field of Dreams
Despite the government assistance being given to Citigroup, the bank will still maintain its contract with the New York Mets for naming rights of their new ballpark. The New York Mets signed a 20-year contract with Citigroup binding them to forking up $20 million each year for their new stadium’s naming rights. The deal was…
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Obama's Economic Team
The economy is, prehaps, the most pressing issue facing President-elect Obama. The team that he builds will be crucial to his success as a president and our climbing out of this hole, as a country. In a press conference today, Obama and VP-elect, Joe Biden, announced the people whom they’ve trusted to serve as their…
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Citigroup Needs Help
To regulate, or not to regulate—that is the question: Whether it is nobler to let the banks suffer a horrible fortune, or to take arms against this sea of debt. Nobilty and rhetoric aside, the U.S. has largely doubled back on its free market philosophies. As the Washington Post reports, the Treasury Department, the Federal…
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