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Black Men Running the Field
This time last year, the number of African-American head coaches in the National Football League had reached an all-time high of 7 out of 32. Then a tumultuous post-season cut that number nearly in half. Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts retired, and two coaches, Romeo Crennel at Cleveland (4-12 record in 2008) and Herm…
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Michael Moore's Capitalism Is Creaky
After 20 years of watching Michael Moore in action, from Roger & Me to his latest offering, Capitalism: A Love Story, you’ve got to know what you’re getting: There’s no pretense of journalistic objectivity; no attempt to temper the outrage; no shame in poking relentless fun at the bad guys. His is documentary filmmaking with…
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Buying Time on the Economy
Barack Obama has been president for exactly six months, and we’ll have to wait a while to find out whether all the frenetic activity in these opening rounds of his presidency will amount to anything over the long haul. There is no argument that the administration and the president have both been busy and ambitious;…
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Is Minnesota Getting Ready to T-Off?
Al Jefferson are you ready for your closeup? That question is premature, but probably not by much. Jefferson is the all-star-caliber power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and if you know his game well, then your Basketball Jones is certifiable. To casual basketball fans, he’s just another good player on a team that is going…
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Forget Detroit—It’s Time to Bail Out Cali
Imagine a western country with a population of about 40 million people and an economy the size of Spain or Italy. After years of dysfunctional politics and amid a global recession, it teeters on the verge of bankruptcy—forced to choose between eliminating the most basic services for its citizens and defaulting on its massive debts.…
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GM Bankruptcy is Killing Us Softly
Conventional discourse on the state of the economy appears to veer off the crusty core of the issue: We’re undergoing a significant re-configuration, if not a total transformation of the way we make a living, exist, eat, clothe and house ourselves. All these will change in ways unfathomable during the 1990s age of innocence—reflected in…
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GM Files for Chapter 11
G.M. Files for Chapter 11 in Effort to Save Company The New York Times reports that General Motors will file for bankruptcy today, a move that will temporarily nationalize a former stalwart of American capitalism. After four months of maneuvering between Washington and Detroit, creditors and auto workers, President Obama urging of the decision is…
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Going My Way?
Car hunting? Soon you’ll go farther for every dollar you spend on gasoline. President Barack Obama announced new, more stringent fuel efficiency standards Tuesday that would raise the mileage of each American-made car to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. The new law will affect cars beginning in model year 2012, and, environmentally, could make…
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D for Detroit
Detroiters go to the polls Tuesday to elect a mayor to finish out Kwame Kilpatrick’s unfinished second term—and then they’ll get ready to do it all over again. The prize for the winner is a city in distress. Crime is up; schools are down; and unemployment is at 20 percent. Last year, the Detroit Lions…
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Monday's Headlines
USAT: Obama: Swine Flu ‘Not Cause for Alarm’; Vegas Takes the Under on That NYDN: Century Marks: 100 Events that Helped Shape President’s First 100 Days NYT: Putting a Pen to the Inkwell: Colson Whitehead’s ‘Sag Harbor’ CNN: Three Wounded in Hampton University Shooting AJE: Yemeni Forces Re-Take Seized Tanker WP: Bond and Jealou: NAACP, Like…