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Young, Gifted, and Black – Donny Hathaway I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt Roots Rock Reggae – Bob Marley & The Wailers The Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel Castles Made of Sand – Jimi Hendrix I Keep Forgetting – Michael McDonald Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley Family Reunion – The O’Jays…

I can hear ringing in my ears. Red tops! Red tops! Got that WMD! This constant feeling of emptiness and willingness to do anything to get a fix. Wait. Am I delirious? This must be what withdrawal feels like. All this coming from someone who just finished watching The Wire DVD box set. I can…

During the last 30 years, the sports business has remained remarkably resistant to economic trends. The national economy goes up, and sports thrive; the economy dives into a recession, and sports still thrive. The reason is simple. Sporting events are a reliable deliverer of eyeballs to TV screens. Networks love this: Their costs are limited…

Today, with the much-hyped release of Watchmen, is a Holy Day in superhero comic book Geek Nation. The movie, an adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel, has gotten mixed reviews, but that will not diminish the high level of interest among the comic book devotees flocking to theaters all weekend to see it. But maybe…

Stanley Crouch Ethers Michael Steele, Et al; Steele Apology Probably Forthcoming Obama Gives British PM Brown DVDs, England Salty Michael Steele: Hip-Hop Rethuglican Don’t Understand Obama’s Budget? Get Stimulated Black Unemployment Rose in February, No Longer Considered Month All God’s Children Work Black Leaders Set Records in State Legislatures, Roland Burris Given Asterisk First Lady…

Having clicked on a San Francisco front page link, The Buzz was appalled by the facts and figures and did not do a good job of cobbling puzzle pieces together regarding timeline. It seemed high but, for whatever reason, plausible, and that’s not right. Let’s be clear on the spirit of The Buzz’s opinion: It…