<![CDATA[Knowledgeable fans of the great Langston Hughes, I apologize for my title. I’ve always been struck by the language of dreams deferred. It probably rankles poetry aficionados when great works are aped just to make a headline. (Especially since, according to his Wikipedia bio, Hughes spent most of his childhood in Lawrence, Kansas. If 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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