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May 18, 2012
OPINION - There are plenty who miss the satire, social and political commentary, and other instances of the kind of…
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April 26, 2012
OPINION - Most polls have Obama leading Romney on likability by a wide margin, so if there's any politician to…
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March 29, 2012
OPINION - As people work to see Trayvon Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, brought to justice, a few are starting to…
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March 21, 2012
OPINION - Perhaps it's in the best interest of President Obama's campaign to prep some of its celebrity supporters the…
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February 15, 2012
OPINION - To this day, many still don't get it and ask, 'How could she have married him?' The answer…
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February 9, 2012
OPINION - One wonders why a person paid to offer analysis on the current political and social climate would even…
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January 10, 2012
OPINION - Much like the audaciously asinine theory that our Hawaiian-born president was actually born in Kenya and somehow tricked…
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January 6, 2012
OPINION - As educators across the country continue to scramble to answer this question and improve the learning experience of…
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December 19, 2011
OPINION - It's easy to understand why Maya Angelou is upset with Common for using the n-word on a track…
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December 13, 2011
OPINION - No offense to Christen and Sobisky's joy to the jellyfish flick, but it's easy to understand that point…
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November 18, 2011
OPINION - Perhaps Perry was too busy digging Texas into an even bigger ditch to notice at the time, but…
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November 3, 2011
OPINION - We're a little more than year away from the 2012 presidential election and already many are starting to…
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October 24, 2011
OPINION - Though Cain is still considered a 'frontrunner' in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, there's a new…
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October 11, 2011
OPINION - Herman Cain offers a black face to mainly white-held beliefs about the state of race in this country...
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October 7, 2011
OPINION - Herman Cain might not now a lot the Middle East or even remember some of his own policies,…
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October 4, 2011
OPINION - I'm not arguing that the South is more racist than any other part of the country, but there…
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September 27, 2011
OPINION - While it is clear that for many the use of the n-word will never be justifiable, it is…
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September 22, 2011
OPINION - The cases couldn't be any more different yet each has reignited a debate over the death penalty...
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September 15, 2011
OPINION - Under their plan, Pennsylvania would abandon its winner-take-all system in favor of awarding electoral votes by congressional district...
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September 9, 2011
OPINION - This week 'Maury', tabloid-themed talk show hosted by the once serious news anchor Maury Povich celebrates its 20th…