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Is rap poetry?
Jay Z: a 21st century poet? John McWhorter, writing at The Daily Beast, answers with a definitive yes: To utterly naïve anthropologists sent to document the ways of Americans…
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Hehehe.
Although I have four cousins who are part German, I’m backing Pope Francis, uh er, Argentina.
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The Simpsons foretold it.
Well, not really. The “it” is Brazil losing to Germany in the World Cup, which happened on Tuesday. Boy did it ever happen. Losing is one thing, but seven to one!?…
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Fifty years on…
(Wikipedia) Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act into law, and this post is going to be chock full of information and links. First up, this…
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What have camera phones wrought?
Lately, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend from friends on social media sites-they have begun covertly snapping photos and making videos of strangers. They then upload them to Facebook, Youtube, Instagram,…
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Kid Cudi: Hip Hop is “holding us back as a culture”.
Wow! Check out Kid Cudi on Arsenio, saying it’s time the whole “Money, cash, hoes” mantra dies. Kudos to Cudi. He isn’t the first rapper to talk about…
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Slinging so much Spacey.
K binged watched “House of Cards” this weekend, polishing off the first season and getting into the second. (His response to the shocking twist in the first episode? “About damn time”.)…
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Ads to make even Don Draper blush.
Okay, maybe he wouldn’t blush, but he wouldn’t give all these the stamp of approval. My friend Wafi passes on this link to Pickshur: In the present age of marketing, advertisements…
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Future American dream is the current Japanese nightmare?
BBC Two Yesterday I read part of a post at The Daily Beast with a pretty negative future outlook for we Millennials. Are Young Americans Becoming Herbivores? To some,…
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In memory…
(H/T: JB Clayborne) In memory of my late grandfather and all the other men and women who served, Happy Veteran’s Day.
