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Happy Birthday, Professor Gordon-Reed: Questions for NBA Winner Annette Gordon-Reed

On her 50th birthday today, Annette Gordon-Reed won the National Book Award for nonfiction for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, her epic history of a family whose ties crossed the boundaries of race and slavery, but whose connections, until recent years, were acknowledged by many historians only as rumor. Gordon-Reed has been a law professor at NYU since 1992, and more recently has become a professor of history at Rutgers as well. From childhood, she’s been fascinate

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Happy Birthday, Professor Gordon-Reed: Questions for NBA Winner Annette Gordon-Reed

On her 50th birthday today, Annette Gordon-Reed won the National Book Award for nonfiction for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, her epic history of a family whose ties crossed the boundaries of race and slavery, but whose connections, until recent years, were acknowledged by many historians only as rumor. Gordon-Reed has been a law professor at NYU since 1992, and more recently has become a professor of history at Rutgers as well. From childhood, she's been fascinated by Thomas

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Peace, Love and Thunderstanding: The Debut

After a week in which Oklahoma City’s big league franchise lost all four of its games by an average margin of 16 points, this seemed like the perfect time to start a weekly column chronicling the inaugural season of Thunder basketball. When Patrick suggested this column handing out weekly awards he wanted to call it “Clark Matthews Thunderwear”. I vetoed the title thinking it sounded like I was promoting NBA apparel. He came back with “Clark Matthews’ Dirty Thunderwear”. Eventually, we were a

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McFeeble McReading

Darwin has a couple of important anniversaries this year, and by important, I mean basically arbitrary—the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of, I don’t know, some little book he wrote. Today, though you did not see it because you have better things to do than I do, Ken “You Should See What I Had Pierced” Ham, warned his flock of morons (a 1980s New Wave band with ridiculous face shrubbery) that this was going to be the “Year of Darwin”: What has AiG learned in the last

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Was the Lie of “Consistent Leadership” Old Media’s Last Stand?

"It is a function of government and politicians to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own conenience." - Murray Kempton  A couple of weeks ago New York City’s term limits law was extended legislatively by the New York City Council and Mayor Bloomberg based upon the rationale that the City needs consistent leadership to get us through the coming economic crisis. The editorial boards of all the city’s daily newspapers made this exact case to their readers and our elected officials

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red state gone blue

Or maybe gone crazy.EL MARCO takes his camera on a tour of the new blue state of Colorado. Psychedelic cops, One World Cafe, Obamamania, Stoners for Obama, and Radical Colorado. Yes, those are actual police uniforms. El Marco has plenty more in his photoessay that can only convince you that 'change' for Obama loons merely means 'throwback'. Says El Marco... Myth making is high on the left’s agenda. It is essential to their struggle and here you see myth making in progress. Myth making, li

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Stomp the Yard (2007)

1. Go Hard Or Go Home - E-40 (featuring The Federation) 2. Vans - The Pack 3. Poppin’ - Chris Brown 4. Sign Me Up - Ne-Yo 5. The Champ - Ghostface Killah 6. Walk It Out - DJ UNK 7. Pop, Lock & Drop It - Huey 8. The Deepest Hood - Al Kapone aka Kapeezy 9. Come On - Bonecrusher (featuring Onslaught) 10. Supermixx’s Black In The Building - Public Enemy 11. Storm - Cut Chemist (featuring Edan & Mr. Lif) 12. In The Music - The Roots (featuring Malik B. & Porn) 13. Ain’t

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How to know when a book is superb: pictures edition, part 2

At long last, a continuation in my children's book series. To recap: this series is divided into five parts consisting of 6 posts.Part One talked about strategies for using your local library to find quality children's books.Part Two (A) discussed several design fundamentals that contribute to superb illustration in picture books.Part Two (B) (this post) will talk about several more design fundamentals that contribute to superb illustration in picture books.Part Three will explore language and l

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Memphis Isn’t Dead

Robert Dozier (photo. Univ. of Memphis) *Reprinted from Dime #45, on sale now* This is the third annual edition of Dime's NCAA Player's Ball, where we hand over the task of predicting and prognosticating to the real experts; the best college ballplayers in America. First up, Memphis senior forward Robert Dozier tells you why, despite losing NBA [...] Related posts:NBA Trade Rumor: Zach Randolph to Memphis for Darko and MarkoAlumni Game - Memphis vs. KansasHighs and Lows: Memphis Grizzlies

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Mavericks break slump with 124-114 victory

The Mavericks finally figured out how to win a tight game in the waning seconds. Trailing by seven points with barely two minutes left, it was the Mavericks who made all the key plays and rallied for a 124-114 victory over the New York Knicks, breaking their five-game losing streak in exactly the kind of manner they knew they would. They had to fight for it. They scored the final seven points of regulation to force overtime, then the first eight of the extra period, going up 120-112 with 2:5

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What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us

What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us by Jeff Cohen Independent media outlets that contributed so mightily to the stunning election result are about to be tested as to their “independence.” With Democrats in control, will these outlets be guided by principle or just partisanship? Will they speak truth to power and expose corruption and injustice over the long haul – no matter who’s in charge?U.S. history offers role models. In this era when indy journalists reach mass audiences via blogs, vi

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Fantasy Basketball Players of the Day - 11/14/08

11/14/08 30 Point Club Joe Johnson - 32 Points Devin Harris - 30 Points Chairman of the Boards (12+ Rebounds) Zach Randolph - 19 Boards Luc Mbah a Moute - 17 Boards Carlos Boozer - 15 Boards Elton Brand - 15 Boards Andrew Bogut - 15 Boards Shaq - 13 Boards Rasheed Wallace - 13 Boards Dwight Howard - 13 Boards Carmelo Anthony - 13 Boards Udonis Haslem - 13 Boards Robert Swift - 13 Boards Shawn Marion - 12 Boards March of Dimes (10+ Assists) Thieves & Swatters (5+ Steals

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Holy Crap! That's Extreme Pedal Steel

At Patrick McGee recommendation I checked out Robert Randolph on Youtube. This guy goes Hendrix on the pedal steel. I almost expected him to light the damn thing on fire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBbg1fJtB6kAnd morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsggSFk79YM

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Texas High School Football Scoreboard - 1st Round Playoffs

By Jeff FisherThe High School Football HuddleLast year Converse Judson played Trinity for the Class 5A Division I championship, this year the Rockets' season is already over. Friday night, Stevens, which only began playing football in 2005 and had never reached the postseason, upset the Rockets 14-12. It's the first time since 2000 that Converse Judson didn't make it out of the first round. Click here for a game story.Texas High School Football ScoresFriday, November 14, 2008USA Today Super 2

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And yet another almost-comeback

The Thunder’s New York story is just like many others this season: down by some enormous number of points, Oklahoma City fought back to within striking distance, but couldn’t finish the job. The Knicks were up by 24 at halftime, 68-44; the Thunder picked up eight in the third and cut the lead to a mere seven halfway through the fourth, but that was as close as they’d get. Final: New York 116, Oklahoma City 106. Zack Randolph and Jamal Crawford did the run-and-gun as well as I’ve seen in a whil

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What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us

What Indy Media Heroes Can Teach Us by Jeff Cohen Independent media outlets that contributed so mightily to the stunning election result are about to be tested as to their “independence.” With Democrats in control, will these outlets be guided by principle or just partisanship? Will they speak truth to power and expose corruption and injustice over the long haul – no matter who’s in charge? U.S. history offers role models. In this era when indy journalists reach mass audiences via blogs, v

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Game 9: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks

When: 7:30 P.M. Where: Madison Square Garden Watch: MSG Starting Lineups: Thunder (1-7) PG: Earl Watson (8.1 ppg, 34% FG, 60% FT) SG- Kevin Durant (22.0, 45%, 91%) SF- Jeff Green (14.1 38%, 76%) PF- Nick Collison (6.1, 42%, 75%) C- Johan Petro (5.3, 47%, 100%) Rest of rotation: Desmond Mason, Joe Smith, Robert Swift, Russell Westbrook Knicks (5-3) PG: Chris Duhon (8.4 ppg, 39% FG, 72% FT) SG: Jamal Crawford (21.0, 46%, 77%) SF: Quentin Richardson (9.4, 43%, 83%) PF: Wilson Chandl

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Hats Off to Mitch Mitchell

I bought the first Jimi Hendrix Experience album "Are You Experienced" the day it came out in August of 1967.I wore that LP out.Hendrix, Noel Redding and Mitchell took the music of the day to a new level. As long as there is recorded music to listen to, they will never be forgotten.2008 photo PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.

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Judge rules accused killer Jonathan Zarate can use insanity defense

Judge rules accused killer Jonathan Zarate can use insanity defense by Margaret McHugh/The Star-Ledger Thursday November 13, 2008, 10:22 AM Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerAccused killer Jonathan Zarate appears in Superior Court in Morristown earlier this week. A judge this morning ruled that Jonathan Zarate can use a diminished capacity defense at his murder trial, leaving it to a jury to decide if he was psychotic when he beat and stabbed his 16-year-old neighbor in Randolph three years ago.

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Judge to rule on mental state of murder suspect Jonathan Zarate

Judge to rule on mental state of murder suspect Jonathan Zarate by Margaret McHugh/The Star-Ledger Thursday November 13, 2008, 6:29 AM After hearing a defense psychiatrist testify for two days that Jonathan Zarate was psychotic when he killed Jennifer Parks, Superior Court Judge Salem Ahto will decide today whether Zarate can use a diminished capacity defense at trial. If Ahto allows it and a jury accepts it, 21-year-old Zarate couldn't be convicted of murdering his 16-year-old next-door neigh

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