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4 Things That Must Happen for Joe Biden to Run for President
The “Will Joe Biden Run?” stories are popping up with greater frequency again after a weekend interview in which anonymous members of his staff suggested that he’s “more likely to run” than not. “More likely than not” usually isn’t enough to be convinced of anything (although that was enough to convict Tom Brady), but in the…
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The Gang-Up on Trump and Carson’s Catch-Up: 6 Takeaways From the 2nd GOP Debate
The Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., was the first debate of the real election season (post-Labor Day) and it was certainly an endurance contest for the candidates, the moderators and the viewers. In case you were watching the season finale of Born Again Virgin, don’t have cable or…
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The Preseason Is Over: 3 Things to Look for in 2016’s Political Season
The NFL preseason is arguably a waste of time unless you’re a die-hard football fan or a desperate gambler or you’re related to someone who is actually playing in the games. It’s simply practice for players who are hoping to make the team and for television analysts working on their one-liners and hot takes. Because…
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Don’t Bet on Ben Carson in Iowa
Trivia time: Name anyone who has been elected president of the United States without having served in any political office before running. There aren’t many. In the 200-plus-year history of the U.S., there have only been three presidents who were never on the stump before swearing an oath to protect the United States: George Washington, Ulysses S.…
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How Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley Botched #BlackLivesMatter
Being a politician is a tough job because unless you’re in a dictatorship, of royalty or Dr. Doom, you actually have to deal with dissent, disagreement and protests from the people you rule. Is it fun? Of course not, but just about every elected official in America, right or left, has to deal with it.…
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White Supremacists Look for ‘Vast Black Conspiracy’ in Nickelodeon Kids Show
Black folks in America have always had a funny relationship with conspiracy theories. Given the actual lengths and depths to which white racists actually have been willing to go to harm black folks, it makes us particularly susceptible to believing just about anything is possible if the man has it in his mind to cause trouble.…
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Russell Wilson and Ciara Aren’t Having Sex and It’s Everybody’s Business
Let’s talk about sex. Not the kind of sex you’re having, or want to have or think you should be having. Let’s talk about famous-people sex, which is the kind we’re always talking about and reading about anyway. Earlier this week Russell Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, was being interviewed in front of the congregation…
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Can a Commercial Solve Racism? These 7 Tried
A good commercial can make you laugh, cry, call your mom or even occasionally buy something you hadn’t intended. But a new ad by Pedigree dog food asks another question: Can a commercial make you get over racism? Pedigree recently launched an ad campaign that ostensibly is about walking your dog, but is actually promoting a…
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It Pays to Be a Jerk? Not if You’re Black!
The prototypical corporate titan in American business is a jerk. From elementary school on, we’re taught about Andrew Carnegie’s abusive leadership; as adults we’re told that the obnoxious Steve Jobs was a genius and that Donald Trump, for all his hubris and excess, is the American dream personified. And while there was a brief period…
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LeBron James Will Be the Greatest of All Time … Just Give It Time
It’s hard to have any conversation about LeBron James’ greatness as a player without having it degenerate into a Yahoo message-board fight with words like “clutch,” “rings” and “quitter” being thrown around like confetti at a nonexistent Cleveland championship parade. But as a longtime LeBron watcher—who moved to Cleveland during LeBron’s rookie year, supported “the…
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