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A Palin post-script:
Back Home in Alaska, Palin Finds Cold Comfort

Over at the African-American Literature Book Club, I’m participating in a discussion about a lawsuit filed seeking to stop Obama from saying “so help me God” during his inauguration on Tuesday:
“Supporters of a strict interpretation of the separation of Church and State in the United States have filed a lawsuit seeking an end of the [...]

In my recent book/reading post, I neglected to mention one of the books I’m currently reading, A Thousand Splendid Suns. This book came highly recommended from a few sources, but I hesitated to pick it up because I was not a fan of The Kite Runner.  Thankfully, I received it as a Christmas gift from [...]

Elizabeth Alexander, prize-winning poet and professor of African-American Studies at Yale, will read a poem at Obama’s inauguration! Congrats to her!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sunnis and Shiites agree: Saddam=not so bad.

After 8 years of wanton disregard for the will (and civil rights and intelligence and best interests and…) of the people, aren’t you ready for a change?  If so, check out change.gov.  Mama-writer-friend-poetry-goddess Christina Springer reports:
Obama is using technology to find out what is important to people. What a cool idea. [...]

I know Chicago politics are…unique…but what was he thinking?

Do yourself a favor and check out the newest addition to the Mamalicious! blogroll, AfroNetizen.  The site’s founder and Chief Evangelist is Chris Rabb, a fellow Yalie.  AfroNetizen is a great one-stop for progressive news and views by, about, and of interest to black folks.

Stanley Crouch may well be crazy, what with a punching incident under his belt and all. And yet, at times I can’t help but appreciate his writing, even when I don’t always agree with his perspective. This piece at The Daily Beast isn’t the best thing I’ve read by him, but with phrases [...]

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