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The Market Ate My College Fund
The primary concern of a parent is to feed, clothe, and shelter their children. But with the cost of tuition rising higher and financing options dropping faster than a bill collector’s patience, parents are learning they’re going to have to be a little savvier with their financial planning if they don’t want to be overburden…
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The Do-it-Yourself Health Care Kit
I’m dreading April 12th this year. It has nothing to do with me turning twenty-fly. I’m fine with that. Who doesn’t want to save money on car rentals? What concerns me is that unless something changes between now and that day I will officially join the 47 million Americans without health insurance. No offense to…
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Welcome to the Recession Diaries
For those of us out hustling for dwindling ends, all that talk in Washington and Wall Street seems pretty far removed from our every day lives. If you are like me, the words “stimulus,” “bailouts” and the dreaded “R” word—Recession, make your eyes glaze over. For many of us, the economic crisis means, turning down…
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Do The Stanky Legg!
If you’re accessible to anyone under five feet, you likely know about it already. Those of us glued to YouTube have certainly spotted it. But in case you’ve been living under the rock called adulthood, perhaps Nate Robinson doing it during All Star Weekend’s Slam Dunk contest has finally introduced you to the newest dance…
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Is College Worth It?
Growing up in Texas, I always figured I’d go to college in state for cheap. But during my senior year in high school, a college recruiter convinced me that leaving my home state would bring me closer to my dream of becoming a writer. My family did not have the means, and scholarship-hunting was rough-going…
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Nutty Negroes — Campaign 2008
Whether he wins or loses, Barack Obama has proven one thing: You no longer need to have a perm or take a trip to the seminary to make it on the national political scene. But for every step forward, the presidential contender has won for the race in the endless 2008 campaign, some kooky colored…
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The Fat Tax
The state of Alabama has issued a warning to its state workers: Get fit or pay up. In August, the Alabama State Employees’ Insurance Board approved a plan that will charge workers an additional $25 to cover their insurance premiums, if they don’t take advantage of free health screenings available to all state employees. The…
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The Other Pride Parade
You’ve never been ostracized and excluded from mainstream society. Your basic human rights were never stripped of you, and you’ve likely enjoyed a life free of death threats. Still, you believe you’ve been ignored for far too long, and now your time has come. Here is your moment to look back at the people who…
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Dog Lovers for McCain
As much as I hate that the poster children for Valtrex and Child Protective Services (Paris Hilton and Britney Spears) have been injected into our political debate, a practical part of me recognizes that any campaign staffer paying attention to the election coverage would be forced to craft voter appeals aimed at the lowest common…
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Satire 101
Are you laughing yet? If not, you’re probably joining the growing chorus of jeers that has assailed the July 21 The New Yorker magazine cover illustration by artist Barry Blitt, dubbed “The Politics of Fear.” In it, a turban-wearing Barack Obama gives his Afro-wearing, machine-gun gripping wife Michelle a pound as they stand in the…
