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The Real Reason UNC Won
When the matchup for the finals in the NCAA men’s basketball championship was set between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday night, one analyst after another began counseling fans to ignore the Tar Heel-Spartan game on Dec. 3 at Ford Field. In that game, UNC ran out…
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Tuesday's Headlines
Reuters: Obama To Troops: ‘Yes We Can (Stay in Iraq Another 18 Months)!’ Reuters: ’09 Hurricane Forecasts—If You’re Black and/or Poor, Please Take Note BJ: Lockheed Assesses Sec Def’s Spending Plan, May Take Bombs and Go Home AP: Vt. Cool with Adam and Steve, Legalizes Gay Marriage CW: Recessions Hurt What Matters Most: Apple to…
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Leave Madonna Alone!
Hell hath no fake fury like a blogosphere confronted with Madonna trying to adopt an orphan from the Motherland. It’s as if the Material Mama were some winged she-devil sweeping down on Malawi, armed with moneybags and hell-bent on stealing cute, little black babies. The horror! And so it is with glee that bloggers are…
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If We Ruled the (Literary) World
It’s hard out here for authors these days. You really can’t be just an author. In order to support yourself—because, let’s be honest, most book advances only go so far—you have to be writer, teaching artist, lecturer, hustler, marketing guru, business owner and grant junkie. And when you do get a chance to write, you’re…
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Riffs on Freedom
CAPE TOWN—While the rest of the world concerned itself with North Korean rocket launches, the G-20 summit meetings in London and the brief embrace shared between Queen Elizabeth and Michelle Obama, thousands of music lovers—perhaps seeking some refuge from those issues and more—descended on Cape Town for its 10th annual jazz festival. And although the…
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Should Job Seekers Settle For Internships?
While many of my friends were working part-time jobs during college, I dabbled in the form of indentured servitude known as unpaid internships. As they collected checks I gathered experience that I hoped would make me competitive in the job market. Even at times when I really needed to generate income, I convinced myself that…
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A Tad Too Familiar
On Monday, Gertrude Baines was having a little party: she turned 115, and became, as far as the Guiness Book of Records was concerned, the Oldest Woman In The World. People came from all over bearing flowers, gifts and good wishes. The aforementioned Guiness gents presented her with a proclamation declqring her unique status, and…
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Send Them Away Already
I’m really glad Kai Wright wrote about a boarding school experiment for kids in poor public schools. He frets about disconnecting teens from their families—which could have particularly pernicious effects in black households. I dissent: Having attended boarding school hundreds of miles from home from age 14 on, I think the experience is well worth…
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King Magazine: Aimed Low and Still Missed
Harris Publication’s King Magazine is dead, according to reports, and while they blame the economy, it’s a miracle it survived as long as it did. King was mainly barbershop fare, a magazine full of pictures of cars, stereoes, cognac and women with really, really big butts. People that know me know that these are among…
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How to Heckle Barack?
Over at the mothership, Krissah Thompson has a story examining the lively debate among black Americans regarding how best to criticize Barack Obama—if they do so at all. Her rather didactic thesis: As the nation’s first black president settles into the office, a division is deepening between two groups of African Americans: those who want…