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Here, in part, is how hip-hop star Wyclef Jean rationalized his decision to run for president of Haiti this November: If I can’t take five years out to serve my country as President, then everything I’ve been singing about, like equal rights, doesn’t mean anything. (TIME, August 4, 2010) But I suspect some Haitians will… Read more.
A tale of two drugs For over 25 years, many politicians, including the late Senator Ted Kennedy, fought to redress the imbalance between federally mandated sentences for possession of crack cocaine and the powder form of the drug. For example, a person convicted of possessing five grams of crack cocaine got the same mandatory sentence… Read more.
Here, in part, is how I marked the occasion when the house of cards upon which American Idol was built began to fall apart: [W]hen Paula was unceremoniously dumped a year ago, almost every TV critic said that the show would not only survive but thrive without her distracting and seemingly drug-induced ramblings. By contrast,… Read more.
There’s no denying that a number of politicians seemed hell-bent on making a career out of sounding alarms about the catastrophic and lasting impact of the BP oil spill. But a funny thing happened just days after BP managed to finally cap, though not kill, the well that was spewing an estimated 2.5 million gallons… Read more.
Republicans, and even some Democrats, are saying that Barack Obama demeaned the presidency by appearing on The View last week. But I don’t think this was any more demeaning than George W. Bush appearing on Dr. Phil in 2004. (Thanks for the reminder Jon….) More to the point, though, it smacks of the most absurd form of elitism (perhaps… Read more.
