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Stop the Crazy: My Reaction to Jimi Izrael's Gay Post
I’ve been fighting with myself over addressing Jimi Izrael’s post about women choosing gay men. First, I thought I’d leave a comment, but then I thought I should just leave it alone. I have nothing against Jimi or his perspective. In fact, I think he’s a breath of realistic air. However, after reading several of…
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Arizona Commencement Snub Treats POTUS Like a Nutty Professor
According to Dawn Teo over at HUFFINGTON POST, Arizona State University does not think President Obama, one of its 2009 commencement speakers, is worthy of an honorary degree. The university’s Media Relations Director Sharon Keeler said the selection process for honorary degrees is conducted on an independent basis and that the selection committee was not…
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NBA Losers–The Story So Far
The big winners in the NBA’s annual 82-game marathon are either jockeying for playoff seeding or tweaking their rosters for the two-month sprint to a title. Lesser winners, like point guard Devin Harris of the New Jersey Nets, are probably clearing space on the mantle for a Most Improved Player Award, and the fan base…
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When the Game Springs Forward
It’s April again, and Tiger Woods is in the hunt for his fifth Masters title at Augusta this weekend, 12 years after he became the first person of color to win at a previously whites-only golf course. Tiger’s chase comes at the end of a week in which we marked the 35th anniversary of Hank…
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Guard Your Two Piece
Though violent crime is up or down depending on the area you live in, criminals overall who find themselves hard up are getting more and more desperate. Some have employed a little ingenuity in how they victimize us via cyber crime, which has consistently been on the rise for quite some time. Those eventual jail…
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Friday's Headlines
ABC: Fires in Southwest ‘Like a War Zone’; People in Gaza: “Define ‘War Zone’ Exactly.” USAT: BHO: “Hey America, Remember that $83B I Didn’t Want Bush to Use for Iraq? I’ma Need that Right Quick…” LAT: License to Il: Kim Jong Spends $0 Campaigning, Keeps Job Anyway NYT: Standoff with Pirates Shows US Has Limits;…
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UP CLOSE: Obama and Clinton Talk Policy on the Playground
POTUS and SOS hanging on the playground on the South Lawn of the White House Thursday. READ ABOUT the encounter here. —DAYO OLOPADE Covers the White House and Washington for The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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EXCLUSIVE PIC: Clinton and Obama, in the Sandbox Again
Another busy day at the White House: First Lady Michelle Obama hosted students from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, who helped her plant and water the brand-new White House garden. She and Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack spoke to the students about the healthy fruits and veggies that would grow there. “It’s all brain food,” Obama…
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Turkish News Anchor in Obama Blackface
Here we go again: another European innocent poke at Obama’s African ancestry. [Watch the video]. This time a Turkish news anchor wears black face [I guess he was paying homage to Mister Al Jolson] as he reported on President Obama’s recent trip to Turkey [you know, that country James Baldwin swooned over in the doc…