If you were looking for a single highlight from last night’s NCAA men’s basketball championship game, here it is: As a native Texan, let me be the first to tell you that the Lone Star State is a big, proud, weird place. And now you’ve got even more proof. Now on to the links: 1. Read More
With Donald Trump, it’s tough to know if his recent embrace of birtherism is a publicity stunt or borne from a deep pool of idiocy. But he’s right about one thing: I have little doubt that he’s familiar with all sorts of fraud. Dude’s not even qualified to be president of the Hair Club for Read More
It should come as no surprise that Jalen Rose was capable of getting under the skin of longtime rival Grant Hill, especially after he admitted in ESPN’s highly-rated “Fab 5” documentary that he was “a student of trash talk.” No, the surprise is that the 38-year-old Hill fell for the bait set out for him Read More
Before the weekend, The Atlantic Wire attempted to put together a roundup of the “worst reactions” to the incredible disaster unfolding in Japan. In retrospect, those reactions weren’t nearly as bad as the attempts to inject a little humor into the calamity from Gilbert Gottfried, 50 Cent and Haley Barbour’s mouthpiece. To say nothing of Read More
As owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban has done a masterful job of building exceedingly talented teams that almost always fail to live up to expectations. What’s that go to do with Charlie Sheen? Oh, nothing. And speaking of enablers, Sheen has more than a few. Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times Read More
Sure. Justin Bieber may have down some of his mentor’s dance moves. He has a nice crossover dribble (ask Common about it). And he apparently makes a home in Atlanta. But his temporary hood pass might have already gotten revoked: Via AJ’s Headspace. Bad move, Biebs. Now for something even more random – a roundup: Read More
It’s the day after Valentine’s Day, so you can go back to ignoring your significant other. Or your parents. Or your jumpoff. But don’t turn away from this roundup: 1. As always, The Big Picture has an impressive collection of photographs – this time from Egypt. (Blackink) 2. Apparently the Tea Party ideal of local Read More
As a reminder: If you’re getting your information from Fox News, you probably aren’t getting any information at all. Not that CNBC – to name just another major U.S. media outlet – is doing much better covering the news out of Egypt. Alex Pareene of Salon suggests checking out Al-Jazeera, if possible. But if you’re Read More
“The Daily Show” senior black correspondent Larry Wilmore covers Jim’s absurd literary promotion from nigger to slave: Did anyone know prior to this clip that CBS aired a TV movie version of the book in 1955 that completely eliminated Jim and slavery from the story? Consider my mind buh-lown. For sure, that’s some creative writing. Read More
For those who don’t embrace Second Amendment remedies, it’s really hard to argue with the fact that if more people had more guns at that Tucson grocery store Saturday, more people could have been shot. And guess which state ranks really high in firearms death rate per 100,000? You probably won’t be surprised. Not really Read More
