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Bailin’ Palin
For now, the great Republican joke of 2008 has decided to step off the public stage. At least that’s how I read this weekend’s announcement from Alaska governor and former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. What will late-night comedians do? Will Tina Fey still have a job? Of course, some time ago, I concluded that…
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The Untouchable Michael Jackson
I met Michael Jackson in 1984. We were both guests of Quincy Jones and Steven Spielberg at Amblin, Spielberg’s production company on the Universal film lot. Whoopi Goldberg was preparing to play Celie, the protagonist in the film version of The Color Purple, a book written by my mother, and was giving a private stand-up…
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To the Michael in All of Us
I never got the joke. Not the Wacko Jacko puns I was supposed to riff on as a tabloid headline writer. Not the corny late-night TV gags I was supposed to sneer along with. Certainly not the glee with which everyone gawked and cackled at Michael’s grotesque appearance and Peter Pan fantasies. I never found…
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Cali Can't Balance Its Checkbook…or Yours
California and in particular, Los Angeles, is famous for harboring residents who will try to stunt on you in a brand new Audi but can barely afford to cover the cost of an entrée off the value menu at Carl’s Jr. Unfortunately, the botched budgeting that is spending more than what you bring in has…
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Funerals, Memorial Services, Doing The Right Thing
Unless you’re one of the 17,000 or so who got a confirmation number in your e-mail box, you won’t be going to Michael Jackson’s funeral today, but that doesn’t mean we outside the Staples Center can’t use this whole sad past week as an object lesson in the business of remembering the dearly departed. For…
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Washington's $1.4M Revolving Door
The lede to this WASHINGTON POST story on health care says all we need to know about the purported debate over creating a public plan to compete with private health insurance companies: The nation’s largest insurers, hospitals and medical groups have hired more than 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress in…
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DTRT@20 Compatibility Quiz
Photo illustration of the Obamas, Bed-Stuy 1989 style by Kristen DiFate. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Take this test online! ______________ Finish planning your own Do The Right Thing @ 20 house party with these free downloads! How to Rock it like it’s 1989 African Medallion coasters! LOVE/HATE four-fingered rings!…
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First Flick Compatibility Quiz
SCROLL down to begin the Do the Right Thing Compatibility quiz. Also: The politics of the first couple’s first date to see “Do The Right Thing” by Dayo Olopade. READ more of The Root’s DTRT @20 coverage Natalie Hopkinson: Why Mookie did the wrong thing. Teresa Wiltz: Spike’s woman problem DOWNLOAD The Root’s Official DTRT@20…
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DTRT@20 Trivia Game
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THIS TRIVIA GAME! ______________ Finish planning your own DTRT @ 20 house party with these free downloads! How to Rock it like it’s 1989 African Medallion coasters! LOVE/HATE four-fingered rings! Do or Die Bed-Stuy Banner The Official Sal’s Pizzeria Box Michelle/Barack Compatibilty Quiz _______________ READ more of The Root’s DTRT @20 coverage
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The Root's Do the Right Thing Trivia Challenge
By now you’ve seen Do the Right Thing more times than you can count. But are you really “Bed-stuy Do or Die”? How well do you know Da Mayor, Sal, Buggin’ Out and Pino, Tina and Mother Sister? One way to find out. Take The Root’s trivia challenge and relive your favorite DTRT moments. Only…
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