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College Promoting Diversity Names Confederacy Lover as President
The College of Charleston’s board of trustees adopted in 2012 its first-ever Diversity Strategic Plan. The plan, to be implemented over a five-year period, was meant to address the college’s many “diversity challenges.” It seems the board just created itself a new challenge. The board tapped South Carolina Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell as the college’s…
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Hey, Chris Brown: When You Get Out, Let’s Do Dinner
The question was, “If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?” My answer: Chris Brown. During a magazine interview last year, I was asked a series of get-to-know-you questions. What books are you reading? Where do you like to vacation? What’s your passion? But my answer to the dinner question prompted a…
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When She Gives an Ultimatum, Fellas, Take It Seriously
I wasn’t sure if I’d get out of there alive. Sitting onstage with four women, in front of a studio audience of nearly 200 women, I made this statement: “We [men] know exactly what to say to keep y’all hanging around just a little longer.” Oh my. I had the pleasure of guest-hosting The View this week,…
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It’s Time to Quit Operating on CP Time
I received this text message from a dear friend of mine last weekend: “You usually don’t ask dumb questions. But this will go down as one of them.” She was responding to a text I’d just sent, asking her a pretty innocent question. It was certainly one that on the surface wouldn’t seem to elicit such…
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Why Did I Get Married? Here’s Why
“It’s funny that when a man hasn’t anything in the world to worry about, he goes off and gets married.”—Robert Frost What the hell was I thinking? I was 31, single, making good money and living in Atlanta, a city that’s been described as “happy hunting” for a single guy. I was living the life…
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