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Who Needs an iPad?
I confess that I was skeptical Apple could create a successful digital tablet when dozens of prior efforts, including those from Apple, have failed. Like some kind of tech holy grail, the future of tablet computing has always been full of promise and fully unrealized. The big question hanging over the iPad has been who’s…
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Single-Minded: On Not, Not Dating White Guys
It’s difficult to wrap one’s mind around existential inquiries over reggae beats. “So you don’t date white guys?” asked one such guy, his declaration shoddily camouflaged as a query—so notably lacking the uncertain inflection all question marks demand. Bravado mixed with Bounty Killa. But how does one argue the affirmative in the face of hipster…
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Kicking It in Davos
Once upon a time, the World Economic Forum was the place to be. The great, the rich and the powerful flocked to the tiny town of Davos in the Swiss mountains to talk about the great issues of the day. Davos hit its peak during the dot-com boom, when it seemed that 25-year-old paper billionaires…
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Read/React: "Don't Call It A 'Law Enforcement' Approach"
Adam Serwer doesn’t think arguments against civilian trials for terror suspects pass muster. One of the arguments Republicans make about Obama’s decision to try some terrorists in civilian court or his bid to close Guantanamo Bay is that he treats terrorists like “ordinary criminals”. This criticism doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. It’s true that Obama…
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Blog Noir: Media Make Change Inc.
Media Make Change, founded by Tara L. Conley and Trina Chiasson, is on a mission to empower underserved communities through “snew” (social + new) media, literacy and advocacy. Founded in 2009, they’ve thrown themselves into Haitian relief, setting up Project Haiti Speaks Recent earthquakes devastated the country of Haiti and shook the entire world. Emergency…
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Seeing Red at the State of the Union
The State of the Union address has a reputation for inclusion—the Supreme Court, the entire Cabinet and every member of Congress gathers to hear the president say something about everything he can think of. With Democrats in power, however, Republicans in Washington had reason to feel left out. Nevertheless, conservatives found plenty to celebrate during…
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Blog Noir: "I Just Remembered Chris Matthews Was White"
Being something less than a postracialist, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic just remembered Chris Mathews was white The “I forgot Obama was black” sentiment allows the speaker the comfort of accepting, even lauding, a black person without interrogating their invented truth. It allows the speaker a luxurious ignorance—you get to name people (this is what…
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Quick Hits: Clinton Makes Impassioned Plea for Haiti
Billy Clint isn’t playing when it comes to rebuilding Haiti. Found this over on BBC Former US President Bill Clinton has made a renewed appeal for aid at a special session on Haiti at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mr Clinton started by praising the people of Haiti who he said had behaved…
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Sorority Forgets Paddles to the Backside Aren't Sisterly
The S G Rhos out of Rutgers are in some serious trouble after allegations of hazing that included eight days of starvation and multiple beatings. From the New York Post: The university suspended the Rutgers chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho, as did the sorority’s national organization in North Carolina, university spokesman Greg Trevor said last…