Gracing the cover of GQ magazine this month, LeBron James gave an interview with the magazine in which he blasted Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, and growing up in Akron, Ohio hating Clevelanders. James said he doesn’t think Gilbert, who bashed James in a letter immediately after he announced his decision to sign with the […]

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A former co-worker argued many years ago that anti-discrimination legislation was no longer needed because in typical “the free market will handle everything” someone will see the true color of importance (green money) and will ignore racial considerations. I disagreed with him then (back in the late 1990s) and I still do, because racial profiling […]

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CNN.com is reporting today that Ben Quayle, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle who is seeking a House seat in Arizona, has a new campaign ad in which he says, “Barack Obama is the worst president in history.” “My generation will inherit a weakened country,” Quayle says solemnly in the 30-second ad. “Drug […]

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Both Chicago newspapers had headlines today highlighting the escalating violence in the hot summer of 2010. Two young girls playing jump-rope were shot Tuesday evening when two people rode up on bikes and opened fire reported the Chicago Tribune. Tanaja Stokes, 8, was shot in the head and died soon thereafter. Her 7-year-old cousin Ariana […]

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One wouldn’t invite Shaquille O’Neal and ESPN host Jim Rome to the same party (unless of course, you’re mean like me and would like to see the little man beaten to a pulp). In an interview Monday on a Washington D.C. sports radio program, O’Neal emphasized his point that Rome has no legacy. “One, I […]

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Sometimes, we Northwestern alums think that our student athletes are “better” than the athletes at other schools. Maybe not athletically, or in wins and losses, but are smarter; less prone to making the personal mistakes that athletes at other schools do. Of course, we had our betting scandal; a death on the practice field; and […]

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I usually take a brief look at CNN online in the morning, and occasionally, I look at a crime story, usually to see where it is, what happened, etc. I did this again this morning, and read that a masked gunman in Indianapolis killed two people and wounded six more at a party Monday night. […]

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