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Who Moved My Cheese?
A Few Simple Suggestions For Getting Along In The Office Kitchen Yes, your pay stub says you work a 40 hour week, but you know better. Lots of us have seen the alleged eight hour day turn into a hamster-wheel of deadlines: meet one, the next one comes spinning right at you. That means we’re…
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Limbaugh's Plea for Failure
Rush Limbaugh, the Republican’s darling, is no stranger to straight-from-the-gut politcal commentary. It’s what’s in his gut that demands examination. And his latest rantings about Obama’s stimulus package as well as the Civil Rights-trained dummies who support him… well, they rank high on his diseased gut crazy. Unlike many, I certainly don’t believe Limbaugh was…
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Kids and the Money Crunch
A few days ago I was speaking to a group of parents and their children about managing money in a recession. I remembered speaking with this same group a few years ago, and I couldn’t help but notice how the young people’s attitudes have changed. A teenage girl in the group remarked about the “totally…
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Rush to Judgment
After a two-week binge of self-indulging critique of President Barack Obama’s economic platform, today Rush Limbaugh suddenly wants to have a “serious” fiscal policy debate, writing in The Wall Street Journal, “Let’s stop the acrimony.” As comedian Martin Mull might say, “That’s mighty white of him.” Prior to Obama’s inauguration, right-wing radio host Limbaugh said, “I…
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First Kitchen Confidential
Samuel Kass, the 28-year-old cook who served as personal chef to the Obama family in Chicago, will be cooking nightly at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, White House Social secretary Desirée Rogers confirmed for The Root. Kass, who will hold the title of assistant White House chef, is also the son of Robert Kass, Malia Obama’s former…
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Dissing Pulpit Politics
Two days before President Barack Obama’s inauguration, the Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy retired as pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington D.C., and in a strange way those two seemingly unrelated events may serve to chronicle a momentous shift that has taken place in black American politics. Black Democrats—the majority of black voters—have moved…
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Joaquin Phoenix Rap Career Rumored to be Bull
Joaquin has always ranked high among my favorite American actors. From John Ridley’s U-Turn to Signs to Walk the Line, Phoenix brings a courageous exploration of humanity in most of his roles and that’s important to me. So the flags went up several weeks ago when he announced he was leaving film acting to pursue…
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The Obama Inaugural Hangover
Subject: post inaugural state of mind You have explained the way I feel as if you are walking in my shoes. I believe those of us who witnessed this event will never be the same. It is difficult to find words to describe the experience. I flew home to the Dallas/Fort Worth airport through the…
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Reach Out And Touch….Or Not
Okay, just a quick refresher about communications devices. Beepers are so…early 90s. But some days, cellies don’t seem like such a huge improvement. At least with beepers, the doctor/drug dealer/whoever had to step out of the room, find a phone and return the call. Think about it: how many times have you been somewhere where…