Two Words For Sister Sarah

We here at PC only have a few words for former Governor Sarah Palin, and they are not “palm notes”. After her performance at the Opryland Hotel tea party deal, all we can say to her and the electorate are:

you quit

&

teen daughter

Before you start finding fault in other leaders, Mrs. Palin, you should look a little closer to home.

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Mind Over Matter: Neurosky Shows The Way

If you have the will, you can move mountains:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/02/04/sr.baldwin.mind.control.cnn?hpt=C2

http://www.neurosky.com/

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Is Tiger Woods’ Sex Addiction Diagnosis a Victory For Feminists?

Slate’s Hannah Rosin thinks if El Tigre isn’t necessarily a winner in all this, certain women are:

http://www.slate.com/id/2243481/

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Gene “The Charmer” Sings Calypso

Here’ s a recording of Gene Walcott in 1955.

http://bigrab.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d09e70040dbe2b00e398b82d250003.html

Walcott was billed as “The Charmer”. The next year saw America’s first million seller LP, Harry Belafonte’s “Calypso”. By then, Gene Walcott had joined the Lost Found Nation of Islam in the Wildnerness of North America, and become Louis X.

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Why Is Buckwheat Like Punxsutawney Phil?

What does the loveable, non-PC Our Gang star have in common with the furry forecaster? If it’s February, that means The Groundhog will see his shadow,  and Buckwheat is out making that paper

http://www.theroot.com/views/buckwheat-s-black-history-month-tour

Protest Psychosis: When Did Schizophrenia Become a Black Disease

Psychiatrist examines the evolution of schizophrenia in U.S. from a white female disorder (or one sometimes concomitant with genius), to a condition disproportionately affecting Black males:

http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=8592

The author is on C-SPAN Booknotes this weekend, and uses case histories, pharmaceutical ad art, Black protest literature, and diagnosis rates to support his thesis.

Hari Rhodes in the 1963 film Shock Corridor, in which a Negro activist is deemed schizophrenic.

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J.D. Salinger, Maestro Of The Short Story

When short story was a popular American form, no one possessed the command of J.D. Salinger:

http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2010/01/28/the-mimic-how-salinger-helped-reinvent-the-short-story-by-imitating-it.aspx

And you gotta love titles such as Just Before the War with the Eskimos, For Esmé – with Love and Squalor, and De Daumier Smith’s Blue Period.

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Marley And Me And Air Guitar: Helena Andrews On (Not Not) Dating White Guys

The color of sex in the Capital city, Helena Andrews style:

http://www.theroot.com/views/single-minded-not-not-dating-white-guys

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J.D. Salinger Gave Joyce Maynard “An Education”

J.D. Salinger and Joyce Maynard were a real page out of “Crazy Heart”, “Thank You For Smoking”, and “An Education”:

http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/jd-salinger-and-joyce-maynard

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Catcher in the Sky: J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

One of the strongest writers in the American canon, Jerome David Salinger, has ascended:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/books/01/28/salinger.obit/index.html?hpt=T1

His short stories were surreal genius, his grasp of dialogue was uncanny.

Glad I didn’t read him until after I left prep school.

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Chris Matthews: “I Forgot Obama Was Black”

The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates takes MSNBC pundit (and by extension, others) to task:

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/i_remembered_chris_matthews_was_white_tonight.php

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Maryland Basketball: Terps Tested or Teasers?

My early take on Maryland University’s mens’ basketball team:

http://maryland.raycomsports.com/blog/2010/01/27/terps-rout-hurricanes-which-is-who-they-played/

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MLK A Trumpet For His Times, And Ours

On Jan. 14, I reviewed Brit journalist Godfrey Hodgson’s “King”:

http://bostonbanner.com/natl22-2010-01-14

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Is Its Splitsville For John And Elizabeth Edwards?

Too much baby mama drama for Elizabeth Edwards?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/27/edwards.split/index.html?hpt=T2

They’d have been a fun White House couple.

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Terry Teachout’s “Pops” Uncovers Armstrong Behind The Grin

New book profiles musical giant Louis Armstrong:

http://www.baystatebanner.com/arts41-2010-01-28

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What’s Up With Wussy Women Journalists in Movies?

Portrayals in Crazy Heart and Thank You For Smoking beg the question, why are women reporters stereotyped on film as weak-kneed?

http://www.doublex.com/section/arts/why-are-girl-journalists-movies-so-lame

Can we fault the direction of Scott Cooper and Jason Reitman, respectively?

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Oprah To Sarah Palin: “What Did You Do To Your Hair?”

The Queen of Daytime asks the Queen of Quitters, what’s up with the new ‘do girlfriend:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/palins-hair-shocks-oprah_n_433582.html

She clearly caught Caribou Barbie off guard, and the sentiment was mutual.

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Palmer Courtland, er, James Mitchell Dies

Longtime soap star and former hoofer dead at 89:

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/commcomm/2010/jan/25/james-mitchell-passes-away/

Is it jsut me, or do the deaths of Mitchell, Pernell Roberts, and Jennifer Jones make three?

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Pernell Roberts Dead at 81

Bonanza’s “Adam Cartwright” and Trapper John to a younger generation, dead at 81:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/25/pernell.roberts.obit/index.html?hpt=T2

All the obits will say he’s gone off to The Ponderosa (in the sky).

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Helena Andrews’ Uterus Is Up In The Air

Can a pretty, professional sista find love in The Big City?

http://www.theroot.com/views/i-feel-bad-my-uterus

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