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The Los Angeles Times: Proposition 8 Court Challenges Set Begin Today TBT: Whatever your thoughts, the manner in which either argument is made will clearly demark our progress as people. The San Francisco Chronicle: Homicide Victims Are Not Just Statistics TBT: Absolutely thought-provoking, heart-rending and probably a Buzz item all its own. The New York Times:…

Lil’ Obama A little Obama in a lab coat being scolded by little elephants in suits? If that’s not adorable, The Buzz doesn’t know what is. Raising the Dead The Buzz of course appreciates any jab to the zealots, but the idea that he’s somehow raising big government from over a decade ago pretty much…

I was at Washington Dulles Airport, when an older white woman walked past me. She was wearing a fabulous blue linen suit, her hair swept into a clean silver bun. Had it not been for the handbag she was carrying, I might not have even noticed her among the crowd of other well-dressed white women…

As I packed up my 3-year-old white satin tutu-styled dress, (à la Carrie Bradshaw) in a large packing box to donate, I had an image of a young girl in my head. She’d be strutting around town, in Ghana somewhere, in the same dress. She’d be as fierce as Naomi on a Paris runway, as…

It’s A Shame – The Detroit Spinners Rock Steady – The Whispers Easy – The Commodores Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper Sunday Morning – Maroon 5 Close To You – Maxi Priest Let It Be – The Beatles If You Think You’re Lonely Now – Bobby Womack Mr. Loverman – Shabba Ranks Charlie, Last…

Ackerman makes a stellar point. Times are definitely tough if you’ve gotten used to eight years of being able to sell, sell, sell to a government that would not only buy, buy, buy but use, use, use. Now these individuals are faced with the task of doing business with a government that will certainly still purchase…

Millions of Americans have bodily aches and pains they cannot afford to ease. President Obama is prepared to tax the wealthy to help relieve those pressures. That got The Buzz wondering. In a capitalist country so large with so many people: Is universal health care feasible in the United States? Keep it civil. Stay on…

Andrew Mwenda of the Ugandan Independent takes his country and its leader, Yoweni Museveni, to task on how they constantly claims superiority over neighboring Rwanda but consistently falls short in backing the claim up with facts. The Buzz isn’t enough of an authority to speak to the nuance of trouble between both countries presently, but this…

MC Lyte plays Carnegie Hall tonight. You know, as in, “Why, oh why did I need cappuccino?” That Lyte. Doug E. Fresh will be there, too. It’s not that Carnegie has gone old-school hip-hop. Lyte and the Original Human Beat Box are part of a strikingly eclectic show launching Carnegie’s monthlong celebration of black music, put…