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Wouldn't Miss It For The World
We communicate daily in languages we didn’t grow up speaking. We have learned to adapt to cultures that have not entirely adopted us. Barack Obama might call us, as he has himself, “citizens of the world.” But for Americans living abroad, it’s our chance at changing the world as American citizens that is calling many…
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Obama's Mixology
Mix’ology: noun. The art and science of mixings In these final days of this presidential campaign, John McCain and his supporters have been trying desperately to raise doubts about Barack Obama’s identity. They have called him a terrorist sympathizer, a socialist, an unrepentant liberal. For weeks, their tagline has been “Who is Barack Obama?” The…
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Working Through It
Lehman Brothers. When we hear of rich corporate giants going down, it’s easy to forget that these are institutions where thinking, feeling human beings work. People who face the same problems we all must deal with. I was reminded of a story I did last year about a woman who battled breast cancer and how…
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Ugly To The End
After the last presidential debate both Karl Rove and Slate’s “Poll Tracker” electoral maps projected that Sen. Obama would win the presidency with 313 electoral votes if the election was held that day. This would be a massive Electoral College victory for Sen. Obama. On that same day, the Associated Press reported that perhaps as…
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Closing the Deal
OK, we get it. Barack Obama has piles of money. Crazy money! Appearing on “The Daily Show” last night, he was asked to describe the unusual media buy that took over network television for half an hour in prime time Wednesday. “This is the Obama infomercial,” he said. And it was. If nothing else, the…
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A Bitter South African Divorce
Out of the frying pan into the frying pan… That’s what I thought when I returned to South Africa after four months of sizzling U.S. politics. My adopted home in South Africa is also sizzling with the sounds of change. The breaking news is the breakup of Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC), the oldest…
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The Step-Parent Two-Step
Black women talk so much about the lack of “good” black men, but what I want to know is, who’s screening these applications? You know—who’s making sure the men you think are so hot actually past muster? Seems like a lot of young ladies end up with down-lows or fresh-outs, putting them up in some…
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A Gray State for Obama?
John McCain has decided that if he is to have any chance of winning the election, he must win Pennsylvania. It is a shrewd, maybe desperate, calculation that speaks to today’s difficult political landscape. Pennsylvania has the second oldest population, and therefore is a natural demographic target for McCain. Not so fast. There has been…
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Sister Sarah She Ain't
An evening at the Urban League of Central Carolinas was advertised as a discussion of the black women’s agenda with a multigenerational panel. And it followed the program, until the topic turned to Sarah Palin. That’s when it got really interesting. You think Barack Obama exposed a racial divide this election season? Bring up the…
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Before I Forget…
“Your hair looks very nice today.” “Thank you, Grandma. How was your day? Grandpa said you two went to church this morning. How was the sermon?” “…Oh, I can’t remember, but it was nice. I like your hair. Have I told you that already?” “Yes, Grandma, you did.” “Oh…sorry.” “It’s okay.” My grandparents raised me…