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An Unhappy Birthday
So, how long exactly does it take to release or transfer the 248 prisoners still remaining in Guantanamo? According to Obama’s transition team, the process will take several months. Some experts anticipate that closing the detention camp will take as much as a year to complete. Meanwhile, the international community is up in arms. Organizations like the…
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A Mattel Baby Doll with a Muslim Agenda
I don’t know if it’s the fighting in Gaza, or the possibility of Islamic children terrorizing airliners, or maybe it’s just a general mistrust of anything that looks, speaks or burps like a Middle Easterner, but now baby dolls are being pulled from store shelves for fear of Islamic takeover. Over the holiday season church…
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Mama Voted So There'd Be Days Like This
A week from today, Barack Obama will take the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States, but I remain in awe of the election results of Nov. 4. I hadn’t seen its outcome coming, but maybe I should have, based on the events of one Friday in October nearly 50 years…
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The Untimely Death of Oscar Grant III
As Washington prepares for the inauguration of Barack Obama, security is certainly a concern. But there is confidence that he and his family will be well-protected. Elsewhere in the country, and far from the lead of the evening news, investigations continue into the shootings of black men by police. You can see Oscar Grant III’s death…
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Senator Burris After All
Reversing course, Senate Democrats grudgingly accepted embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s hand-selected Senate appointee, Roland Burris, as they sought to break an impasse over President-elect Barack Obama’s former seat. The new Illinois senator is expected to be sworn into office later this week. With his typical ‘confidence’ Burris said yesterday: “I really never doubted that…
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Barack Like Me
The day after the presidential election, I went to work at a small inner-city public high school to find people walking the halls with contented smiles. Even the students who generally find it easier to scowl than breathe were beaming. As their principal, I reprimanded them, half-heartedly, numerous times for suggesting that we all should’ve…
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Dark and Lovely, Michelle
“Hey, dark ‘n lovely!” Gotta love the brothers who show their affection for the dark-skinned girls, even if they are hollering out the window of a passing car. Gotta love it even more when the brother is the president, and the object of his affection is front and center for the world to see. It’s…
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Henderson Slides Into Hall of Fame
Rickey Henderson’s on and off the field flair—more Babe Ruth and Willie Mays than Joe DiMaggio or Hank Aaron—won’t win him any popularity contests among the conservative baseball press. But it’s still a travesty that he will be announced as a new Hall of Fame inductee today without a unanimous selection. Every year, at least…
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Sorry, So Sorry!
It was all there today — the introspection, the cluelessness, the smirkiness, the defiance, the sense of humor, the surprising humility. When George Bush said goodbye for the last time to the White House press corps this morning, he refelcted on everything from the ‘Mission Accomplished’ to Katrina to the failure to find weapons of…