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Music Reviews: Walter Hawkins-Love Alive
Walter HawkinsLove AliveIf, to win a million dollars, I had to name the first three male gospel singers that came to my mind in 5 seconds, I would list James Cleveland, Edwin Hawkins and Walter...
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Why Black Conservatives Stay Losing: The Cliven Bundy Edition
As you should know from living in 2014 and interacting with a variety of people or if nothing else, just from occasionally reading the various ramblings that show up in this space, Black Americans, and...
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Jayru Campbell Felony Charges Dismissed
We talked previously about former Cass Tech QB Jayru Campbell and his run-ins with the law. Now I don't know about you but if I had just gotten out of jail for assaulting someone I would make sure that...
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It's On Us and Yes Means Yes: Bad Ideas or Overdue Requirements?
The Obama Administration recently launched a public relations campaign to combat sexual assault. The campaign was titled "It's on us". You can check out the video here. I do indeed feel a special...
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How to Help Yourself and Your Fellow Colleagues with the Year-End Performance...
October is the golden month. Most fiscal calendars come to an end and many organizations enter or conclude a “strategic planning” phase. This “strategic planning” phase often ends with budgeting and...
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Michigan: Michigan State Game
Today in East Lansing my cherished alma mater, the University of Michigan, will play Michigan State University in a football game. Unfortunately this game is highly unlikely to result in a U-M victory....
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Movie Reviews: Supernatural Season Seven, Dead Snow 2
Supernatural Season Sevencreated by Eric KripkeIf Season Six was a bit iffy and a virtual series reboot Season Seven found the story back on more familiar ground. The Winchester Brothers are still...
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Bill Clinton tells President Obama to man up
Reality is a funny thing. It exists independently of our perceptions yet our perceptions are the only way in which we know reality. Our perceptions can color our "version" of reality. There are...
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Child Support Gone Wrong: Michigan Man Paying For Child That's Not His
Apart from extreme purist libertarians and anarchists, I think most people would concede that a certain level of government is necessary. However I also think that many people outside of devoted...
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HBO Boardwalk Empire Series Finale
Evil, why have you engulfed so many hearts...EvilEvil, why have you destroyed so many minds...Leaving room for darkness, where lost dreams can hide..Stevie Wonder-"Evil"It’s nice to imagine that...
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Movie Reviews: John Wick, The Purge: Anarchy
John Wickdirected by Chad Stahelski and David LeitchWhat do you get when you combine actors from The Wire, The Matrix, Game of Thrones, Deadwood, The Warriors, Oz, The Boondock Saints, and Hanging with...
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The Nov 4 Election US Senate: Democratic Disaster or Republican Rout?
According to Nate Silver's 538 forecast it appears that the Democrats are due for a solid thumping in the elections this Tuesday. The forecast currently predicts a 68.3% chance of Republicans winning...
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Detroit Squatters
Another squatter tried to take over a home in Detroit. I strongly suspect these events happen everywhere but they seem to happen more often in Detroit. All's well that ended well in this story but the...
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A Rundown of All That's Happened This Week.......
I don't know about you, but this year can't come to an end quick enough. As you've probably noticed, life has taken over for most of us here on the team and we have little time to crack the nuts and...
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Book Reviews: NOS4A2
NOS4A2by Joe HillThe book's title is essentially a neological homophone for Nosferatu. It is also the license plate of the book's primary villain. Joe Hill dedicated this book to his mother. I guess...
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Lessons Learned: 2014 Midterm Post-Mortem
At the end of every Godfather movie there was a point when Michael Corleone's enemies, wrongly believing that the Corleone power was destroyed, learned the hard way that Michael's reach was long and...
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F Train NYC Subway Slap
On a NYC subway train a young woman named Danay Howard, who verbally bullied a man and then physically assaulted him, had the taste slapped out of her mouth by the victim of her assault. Evidently the...
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Book Reviews: A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine L'EngleI recently realized that I refer to this book quite a bit but somehow never got around to doing a review on it. This is a children's classic. I suppose as an adult...
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Obama to Announce New Immigration Policy Tonight
To be sure, immigration has been a hotly contested issue in this country since the country's founding. As the world has become more globally connected, it seems that America's comprehensive...
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Music Reviews: Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterflyby PucciniFor some reason I actually was more familiar with the gender bending remake M. Butterfly so it was good to recently see the original in the Detroit Opera House. The original...
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