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Who You Callin' ‘Grown & Sexy’?
About 15 minutes after stepping into the place, I wanted to go back home and go to bed. A few friends and I decided to check out this “special night” hosted at a popular Washington, D.C. nightclub. The party, according to the radio spot, was for the “grown and sexy.” I didn’t know what the…
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Loving in Alabama
It started with his ties: Beetle Bailey, Star Trek, Looney Tunes. They were not fashion forward, to put it mildly, but I wanted to know who would wear such kitsch. I would stop by his desk, ask about the tie of the day, and we’d chat about whatever. This went on for months. He told…
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Video: Forget Guantanamo
Ter-ror-ism – Noun 1. The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes. 2. The state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. A terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. So, how should we deal with James von Brunn?
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Is the Holocaust Museum Shooter One of Many?
The shooting today in Washington at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum turned from terror to murder when 39-year-old security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns, one of the two individuals shot this afternoon, died at a local hospital. Details from the scene are still unclear, but the elderly man who opened fire at the crowded memorial has…
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The Politics of Obama's "Jump-Start" for the Economy
As the signature Obama legislation, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, gets moving across the country, how much are workers benefiting? Clearly, the government’s maddening, multi-trillion-dollar intravenous shot in the arm will provide some cushion for anxious workers and the unemployed in some areas. We’re already seeing signs of it—stuck in traffic as clogged commuter…
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Two Shot at D.C. Holocaust Museum
CNN is reporting that a gunman opened fire in the entrance of Washington’s holocaust museum at approximately 12:50pm today. Security personnel returned fire, wounding the gunman who had shot a security officer at his checkpoint. It is not known whether the gunman, whose name has not been released, began shooting before or after passing through…
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Obamanomics Ignore Racial Inequity
Over on Jack and Jill Politics, Rinku Sen from the Applied Research Center discusses how the president’s economic policies overlook racial inequities and ultimately is not serving the people who it purports to protect. Sen writes: “As one of the last strongholds of union jobs shrinks, we have to confront a brutal truth about work…
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Vick Told When he Needs to Have a Plan for Squaring his Tab
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Frank Santoro gave Michael Vick until July 2 to come up with an acceptable Chapter 11 plan. Santoro, who has previously rejected Vick’s repayment proposal, has some concerns with regard to how Vick will earn enough money to repay his debts, particularly the $3M to his lawyers by 2012. Much of…
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Video: Kanye West 'Heartless'
Below is the link to Mr. Bookworm’s latest video release, ‘Heartless.’ We would have embedded it of course, but Universal Music Group is not having that. Kanye West – Heartless What do you think? Imaginative or just a cartoon?
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Short and Sweet: When and What You Say–And How
We’ve all heard it: nobody writes letters anymore, people spend too much time on the phone, too much texting by everyone, etc. So: some guidance on when you can, when you can’t… Congratulations: When you find out great news and want to reach a close friend to say “you go, girl!” texting or e-mails are…