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Romney Fails the Leadership Test
If Mitt Romney really wanted to prove that he has what it takes to be president, he would have picked up the phone last week and placed a call to Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke before President Obama had a chance to reach her. If Romney really wanted to prove that he stands for…
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Is Santorum the GOP's Most Extreme Candidate?
Blogging at Loop21, Zerlina Maxwell weighs in on Rick Santorum’s rhetoric about the separation between church and state. She says that it highlights how deeply out of sync he is with mainstream America and why he is the Republican Party’s most extreme presidential candidate. Rick Santorum’s extreme views on separation between church and state are…
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Obama's Day, March 1: Campaigning in the Big Apple
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.Later in the morning, the President will travel to Nashua, New Hampshire. The departure from the South Lawn and the…
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Youth Coach Resigns After Whitney N-Word Facebook Slur
A suburban-Chicago youth-baseball coach has resigned after he called Whitney Houston a “dumb stupid n—ger” on his Facebook page, according to the Huffington Post. John Kelly resigned from the board of Westside Baseball of Oak Lawn, a youth league, on Sunday after he was suspended late last week. Kelly said that he has received death…
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Michigan for Mitt: A Slim Victory
Maybe those trees were the right height after all. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made good on his plan to be the prodigal son come home in triumph on Tuesday night, winning the Michigan primary and besting former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum with a victory that was close but convincing. “We didn’t win by a…
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The Massachusetts Curse
What is it about Massachusetts that produces such lousy presidential candidates? Has some strange brand of bipartisan political devolution been at work in the Bay State since the heyday of John F. Kennedy, bringing forth such hopeless hopefuls as Michael Dukakis, John Kerry and, last and least, Mitt Romney? Or is it, as Rick Santorum…
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Oscars 2012: Most Memorable Moments
The 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night were turning into a rather predictable affair until one stunning moment near the end. That moment came when Meryl Streep beat Viola Davis for Best Actress. Davis, who was considered the front-runner for her role as maid Aibileen Clark in The Help, graciously kissed the actress on…
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Is Hip-Hop to Blame for Rampant Black Consumerism?
In a blog entry at Clutch magazine, Jayne Dirt checks in on blacks America’s obsession with designer bags and shoes while living a single paycheck above the poverty line. She wonders how much hip-hop is to blame. I enjoy my fair share of hip-hop just like anyone else (well that’s not entirely true, let me…
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Rihanna and Brown Collaborate on Remixes
Well, it looks like the rumors had a basis in reality: The Guardian reports today that Rihanna and estranged boyfriend Chris Brown have, in fact, been making music together. Remixes of Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” featuring Brown, and Brown’s new single, “Turn Up the Music,” featuring Rihanna, appeared online today. The new songs are a source…
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The Decline of Education in the US
Responding to President Barack Obama’s assertion that America is not in decline overseas, Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that “grim new reports on our educational gaps remind us that decline is like charity — it begins at home.” … Two new reports on educational achievement gaps reveal a surprising good news/bad news story: The…