Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story about the increase of the homicide rate among black teens.  I've mentioned before how I hate stories like these. I always feel like the media uses them to remind everyone to be very afraid of the big black bogeyman. Now it seems the Times' very on freakonomics blogger is debunking the story, or at least claiming it's devious.     Steve Levitt took a more accurate approach to the homicide report, unlike the… Read More

  Sometimes I hate stories like these.  Maybe it's because I've been weary of the Census ever since I learned about all of its flaws in a class my freshman… Read More

I love this photo of her.

     I was golng to try to crank out an obit, but nobody does them like the New York Times.  If you've never seen her perform, Read More

 

 

I hope this is the first and last time I mention this guy.

 

 

Joe "that's not my real name and I'm not a real plumber" the Plumber is finally getting that book deal that… Read More

Apparently the legitimate leaders of the free world aren't the only ones clamoring for the President-elect's attention-- the same terrorists that have been releasing grainy videos and crackly audio messages from mysterious caves and bunkers for the past seven years want a piece of the action too.   In Al Qaeda's first response since Obama's election Ayman al-Zawahri, who news organizations peg… Read More

The one and only Calvin Broadus graced the Martha Stewart Show today and hilarity ensued. Snoop spiked the mashed potatoes with cognac, demanded black pepper instead of white pepper and explained some vocab to Martha and the audience.   These two definitions complemented… Read More