If you missed – intentionally or not – ABC News’ Nightline special “Face-Off: Why Can’t a Successful Black Woman Find a Man?” consider yourself lucky. Because I can’t get those 30 minutes of my life back. The title of the program itself should have been a clue to stay away. If that wasn’t enough, the Read More
I’ve been following Brendan I. Koerner’s blog Microkhan for a while now. Koerner is the author of Now The Hell Will Start, the fantastic account of a black GI who went AWOL in the Indo-Burmese jungle during WWII (this, after killing a superior officer) and then proceeded to marry into a very reclusive tribe, all Read More
Shani-o submitted a fitting tribute to the Good Doctor Dorothy on Tuesday. But we’re not done saluting Dr. Height here at PB because, well, we could never really do enough to honor her or her life’s work. So, that said, here’s our weekly 10: 1. “Freedom” (Theme from “Panther) by All Stars. (slb) 2. “Strange Read More
In the end, there probably wasn’t a punishment that quite fit Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. So the NFL probably shouldn’t have even bothered. If the legal system couldn’t figure it out, what hope do they have? Still, the league foolishly pressed forward: NFL commissioner Roger Goddell suspended Roethlisberger for six games and ordered him to Read More
Via Gawker’s American Idol recap, we get this hilarious aside on the R&B songstress: Can we talk for a second about Alicia Keys? I know you’re on your lunch hour and you don’t have that much time, but I’d really like to talk to you about Alicia Keys. Why? That’s my big question with Alicia Read More
Due to technical difficulties and limited time, this week’s recap won’t be lengthy and overly detailed. I didn’t do my usual scene-by-scene live-transcription, so I’m working off memory alone here—and sadly, my memory’s not all that linear. Here are the big things, in no particular order: Desmond’s getting exceedingly creepy in Alterna-LA. Hot on the Read More
A lot of jokes have been crafted over the last week or so with KFC’s vaguely evil chicken-cheese-bacon-chicken sandwich as the punchline, but one of the things that’s so surprising about the reaction to it is that, nutritionally speaking, there really isn’t anything about it that is especially outrageous as far as fast food goes. Read More
Today, much has been said about Dr. Dorothy Height’s life and legacy. I don’t have much to add, aside from saying that she was highly revered by many of my classmates at Howard University. The WaPo has a great slideshow up now. I know some people are partial to her hats and sequins, but I’m Read More
From the very start, we were warned. “Treme” is not “The Wire,” and anyone tuning in to HBO at 10 p.m. Sunday – or watching the show through some illegal feed – expecting something similar was going to be disappointed. You would have to be patient, meet the characters and learn their motivations and ambitions Read More
