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You are invited!

I'll be speaking at the Cato Institute 2/27 at noon. I suppose I should figure out what I will talk about... Check the link, you'll be able to watch or listen to it online... CJL

Quote of the Day!

I'm IT on Booker Rising ... A friend of mine thinks I should take comments from people on the Internet more seriously... As usually happens, the first two or comments are on topic, then after that people start talking about each others' mommas... CJL

Obama debating Keyes, 2004, education excerpt

PONCE : Thank you. Let's move to the question of education. Mr. Obama, you've said that you consider education as the most important civil rights issue facing America today. Currently, your children are in private schools. If you're elected to the Senate, will you send them to public schools? OBAMA: Well, my children currently go to the lab school at the University of Chicago where I teach, and my wife works, and we get a good deal for it. But, so - - (laughter, applause) OBAMA: - -it depends on whether we move or not. And that, obviously, hinges on the election and what's gonna happen. We're gonna choose the best possible education for our children, as I suspect all parents are gonna try to do. And that's part of the reason why, consistently when I've been in the state legislature, I've tried to promote those kinds of reforms that would improve what I think is an inadequate performance by too many public schools, all across the state. PONCE : But yo

Witches in Ghana

There was another report on women being banned as "witches" in Ghana. Q: If a person was really a witch, wouldn't the witch punish those who banned her? CJL

Bloggers' Roundtable: Did Obama Lift Lines?

News & Notes , February 20, 2008 · This week, our panel of bloggers dissects the plagiarism allegations leveled at Barack Obama this week. Plus, where were you when Michael Jackson unleashed his record-breaking album, "Thriller," 25 years ago? Farai Chideya talks with Valencia Roner of Diary of a Content Black Woman , Casey Lartigue of The Casey Lartigue Show! , and Yobachi Boswell of BlackPerspective . I will outline my comments later on. CJL

Prince and Michael Jackson

One of the topics we discussed yesterday on NPR's roundtable discussion: the release of the CD marking the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Below is a post I repost whenever I have an excuse to do so. Michael Jackson, born August 29, 1958 Prince (Rogers Nelson), born June 7, 1958 Once upon a time, I wanted to be Mike. Michael Jackson was the lovable lead singer of the Jackson 5 during the 1960s and 1970s. His family had been poor, so it is no surprise that they were releasing at least one album a year. Michael was the family's lottery ticket. I was a big-time fan. I was a member of the Jackson 5 fan club. My brothers and I tried to be just like Mike. I'm the tallest of the three. Check me out, I was so C-O-O-L ! Look at that 'Fro. Could there have been a cooler Bible-carrying kid? I could have hid entire African villages under that cap. And the African villages that could not have fit in that Afro could have squeezed into my bell botto

In case I need an alibi...

Feb 17, 2008, 8 p.m. ET I'll be a guest on the inaugural edition of Howard University TV's Let's Talk Education hosted by Leslie Fenwick, dean of the Howard University School of Education. Dion Haynes, Washington Post reporter, is the other guest. Feb 20, 2008 1:30 p.m. ET I'll be a guest on NPR's News & Notes, hosted by Farai Chideya. Other guests are Why Black Women Are Angry and Black Perspective. Feb 21, 6:30 p.m. I'll be attending a talk given by Kasey Pipes, author of Ike's Final Battle: The Road to Little Rock and the Challenge of Equality. The event is hosted by Republicans for Black Empowerment. Feb 27, 2008, noon ET I'll be a panelist at "Race and the State" forum at the Cato Institute. Bruce Bartlett will be discussing his book Wrong on Race .