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(cross-posted from U.S. of J) I can’t find the clip now, but there was an episode of Real Time with Bill Maher a few years ago where Maher was trying to draw  attention to the fact that our agricultural system is, to a large extent, organized around the production of corn.  Being that this was Read More

blackink: If you get a moment, or something closer to 30 minutes, please make sure to check out Zadie Smith’s penetrating essay about multiple voices and the appeal of Barack Obama. The narrative hones in on the many voices of our president, all of them authentic in their own way, culled from a life spent Read More

Sorry for the slow updates this week. We’ve all been busy (crack to smoke, chocolate to eat), but we would be remiss in not shouting out the newest member of our squad, blackink. He’s funny and sharp — check out his blog for proof — and his presence here means I won’t be the only Read More

I’m fairly certain that I first encountered the work of Jessie Redmon Fauset in early high school. Someone had bought me an anthology called Revolutionary Tales: African American Women’s Short Stories, from the First Story to the Present. Her short story, “Emmy,” was nestled somewhere between the writings of Pauline E. Hopkins and Ann Petry Read More

I know, I know: “the work has just begun.” But … am I the only one who stopped reading e-mail from David Plouffe back in September? I got one today from him, asking me to watch this video: Anyway, what’s happening, folks? Got some news? Links? Random insights? Share ’em here.

    There’s a study by a PhD student at CalTech making the rounds that attempts to link the intelligence of college students with their musical tastes. (The above is condensed; the full chart is here.) For the purposes of this study, musical taste was compiled by compiling the most popular artists among students at a particular Read More
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