I saw a disturbing story in Sunday’s New York Times. African-Americans are voting in tomorrow’s election in record numbers, but one guy was quoted saying that he had never voted before, believing that his vote didn’t matter, and that “they” (the omnipresent they) would “put in whoever they wanted to anyway.” Based on the manipulation […]

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Let me include my name with the people giving condolences to Jennifer Hudson. I have not seen one moment of American Idol, so I never saw her sing on television, but I heard that she lost and shouldn’t have. I have seen the film Dreamgirls and think that her Best Supporting Actress Oscar was well […]

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Many people certainly hope for a Democratic landslide on Tuesday will wash the Republicans out of power and cripple them for many years to come. But still, some of their minions pulls out fear politics in the faint hope that the Democrats won’t have a filibuster-proof advantage in Congress because then, they can’t continue the […]

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Time is short. VOTE. VOTE. VOTE. We could be in the middle of a historic time in American history, but it won’t happen if everyone believes that the race is over or won. If you’re worried about vote fraud and your vote not being counted, VOTE early if allowed in your state. I have and […]

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It certainly doesn’t surprise me that there is yet another controversy surrounding Isiah Thomas. Last weekend, someone (the police reported a 46-year-old male; Isiah is 47) was taken to a local hospital near Thomas’ home for an apparent accidental overdose of Lunesta sleeping pills. Thomas says that it wasn’t him, it was his 17-year-old daughter […]

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Both major Chicago papers reported today that a September 26th party for new students of the Kellogg School of Management at my alma mater, Northwestern University at the Field Museum of Natural History turned into an event for Neanderthals. Reportedly, at the party at which about 700 students attended, students threw things at Sue, the […]

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For those of you who wondered where I’ve been, The Indignant Wife had Indignant Daughter Number 2 last week, and I was busy trying to help the wife out, and get her and the baby home healthy. All of that has occurred, so, back to the salt mines…

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