<![CDATA[ (Editor’s Note: If you don’t know the history behind the term “modest proposal,” you won’t understand unless you read the whole thing.)   Well, last night happened and, as far as I can tell, the four horsemen of the apocalypse have yet to appear. Which world-shattering event am I referring to? A new development in…

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<![CDATA[The latest in lighter fare from The Root (the African-American blog collective that covers mostly politics but also dabbles in pop culture, sexuality, and sports) is from Geoffrey Dobbins, who laments living in a world of double-outcastednes… being black, and loving Star Wars. Aaron McGruder is somewhere smiling, I’m sure. ]]>

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<![CDATA[Scott Adams has done it again. His brilliant idea not only finds a way to recycle old material, but guarantees himself a few more years of relevance with a brand that was starting to get stale. Over at Dilbert.com, his entire catalog dating back to 2001 is available for public use, all completely free. Not…

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<![CDATA[Like any responsible journalist or blogger, I feel that it is my duty to call your attention to the fact that 40 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. There are countless columns, editorials and news stories reflecting this truth. I’m not even going…

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<![CDATA[ “Word to your moms, I’m here to drop bombs, I got more rhymes than the Bible’s got psalms.” — Everlast, of the House of Pain, “Jump Around.” So I’m noticing a disturbing trend. (No, Kris Kross is not making a comeback. It’s not that disturbing.) It’s become clear to me that in this media-saturated…

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