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If ever there was a state that deserved Senator Al Greene, it would definitely be South Carolina: Also, we could probably stand to tone down our self-righteous indignation at Greene and the voters in South Carolina’s Democratic primary. The Senate can’t be that exclusive. After all, “Diaper” David Vitter has a seat in the chamber Read More

To celebrate the start of “that really big sporting event” that Shani mentioned earlier today, we at PostBourgie thought it only appropriate to show y’all that our taste in music occasionally extends beyond our own borders. And we ain’t talking about Kardinal Offishall. Or Shaggy for that matter. We’re truly talking global, family. Because, after Read More

You guys know I don’t know anything about sports. It’s become something of a running joke among my blogmates. I think I’ve become more and more ignorant of sports as I’ve gotten older because I don’t have anyone around to force me to participate, and I wasn’t conditioned to care on my own. The only Read More

Since James Joyce botched the easy call that cost Armando Gallaraga his perfect game, the sports world has been debating the merits of incorporating instant replay into officiating. Major League Baseball has been kicking around the idea of implementing a challenge system similar to the one used in the N.F.L., in which coaches can ask Read More

Last week, Arne Duncan met with leaders and faculty from HBCUs to touted the financial support the White House had thrown behind black colleges, but also to press them to improve their graduation rates, which lag behind those of non-HBCUs (a disparity that is particularly pronounced among men). My blogmate Shani, a Howard grad, bristled Read More

Maureen Dowd writes about boys “drafting” girls. A group of soon-to-be freshmen boys at Landon, an elite private grade school and high school for boys in the wealthy Washington suburb of Montgomery County, Md., was drafting local girls. One team was called “The Southside Slampigs,” and one boy dubbed his team with crude street slang Read More

To call it a retirement is a farce: long, long, longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas was forced out of her front-row seat. And now, at long last, there will be peace in the Middle East. But more seriously, we can hold these dueling ideas in our heads: what the 89-year-old Thomas said was ridiculous Read More

White guys don’t get nearly enough credit for their contributions to Africa America. I’m mostly being serious. We all know – or should know – about John Brown. But what about Henry Moscowitz? Branch Rickey? The white guys who broke bread with Malcolm X in Mecca? Ronald Reagan? Jerry Heller? And President Jimmy Carter, who Read More
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