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After spending 35 years in prison for a rape that he didn’t commit, James Bain was finally released Thursday morning. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Bain made five requests for DNA testing before a judge granted his motion. The testing eventually cleared him of the crime. Obviously, the state of Florida owes Bain a debt [...] Question(s) for the room: Why did The Jacksons release a music video in the late ’70s? Who would have been playing it? And why was Michael ever unhappy with his face? Also, by mere happenstance, I recently found myself watching a few minutes of “The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty,” the reality miniseries on A&E. In one clip, [...] Is it possible that John McCain, G. Gordon Liddy or my mom were responsible for IT in the Bush White House? Sheesh: Since I’m late as usual, no time for fun. Just randomness: 1. Joe Lieberman has gone into full-on obstructionist mode. First, there were his ever-changing justifications for his opposition to the public option. Now after [...] Unless you’re from there, it would probably be easy to write off Houston as a backward, smoggy, sprawling conservative stronghold. And there might be some truth to that. But Houston is also a large international hub when you consider the demographics, the institutions and the diversity of industries. And last night, my hometown made a little history [...] Because we’re exactly two weeks away from Dec. 25 (Christians, in particular, like to refer to the day as Christmas) and Shani-o is a really demanding boss, today’s Friday Random Ten will be a celebration of Christmas music. As Shani noted in her post over at Alyssa’s spot, we know that not everyone who reads this [...] If an alibi and the absence of a criminal record aren’t enough to keep you out of prison, then surely DNA evidence should be enough. Right? Thirty-five years ago, a 9-year-old boy was raped in a field near his Lake Wales home. Five months later, a 19-year-old man was convicted of the rape and sent to [...] If you ask me, I think Detroit is going to regret trading away a reliable lefty reliever come next summer. For the sake of Motown and it’s loyal baseball fans, I can only hope that Jim Leyland is keeping it real when he says the Tigers aren’t going to have a fire sale this offseason. Wait [...] Since I’m late – very late – there’s no need for lame jokes or witticisms. Let’s just get into the randomness, shall we? 1. Gov. Mark “Appalachian Trail” Sanford faces more than three dozen ethics charges stemming from, well, you know. (G.D.) 2. From the Dept. of Really Bad Ideas: Republicans have begun circulating a 10-point resolution [...] Since we’ve done a little fall cleaning around here, we figured this is as good a time as any to come up with a list of songs celebrating the spirit of change and novelty and newness. You might even say we’re beyond cutting edge. Without any further ado: 1. Brand Nu by Sista (Brokey) 2. Newness by Musiq SoulChild [...] Dave Weigel for the win on Twitter this afternoon: “Weird, Oprah has some unemployed conservative blogger on today”: For a second, I was confused. I thought he was talking about Lou Dobbs. Regardless, once I finish this round-up, I’m putting together a proposal to make our next book-of-the-month selection “Going Rogue.” I hear all the kids are [...] This weekend, in the District of Columbia, there will be the long-awaited meeting of The Families. The Grape Drink Mafia and the Juicebox Mafia. The Cold Drank Summit. The Internet should be very scared. I’m sure there will be lots of talk about health care reform, “30 Rock” and good hair, which neither blacks nor Jews are credited [...] We should all be afraid. House minority leader John Boehner calls health care reform “the greatest threat to freedom I have seen in my 19 years in Washington.” And Boehner would never lie, right? In the end, Democratic leadership threw a party. Republicans threw a fit. And women desiring the right to choose definitely lost. Anyway, there’s a [...] From the creative, dynamic and thoroughly Roots-addled mind (at least this week) of Shani-o, we’re celebrating Black Thought Appreciation Week here at PostBourgie. It all started with this hot fire of a cypher including Mos Def and Eminem that G.D. posted in this spot last week. But really, does there need to be an explanation for [...] James Fallows: In the saturation coverage right after the events, the “expert” talking heads are compelled to offer theories about the causes and consequences. In the following days and weeks, newspapers and magazine will have their theories too. Looking back, we can see that all such efforts are futile. The shootings never mean anything. Forty years [...] |
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