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...Since bloggers burn through their material pretty quickly, they can?t afford to waste a single thought, especially one that?s backed by strong emotion. My rebuke to the Montana-bashers expanded into an essay on ?geo-bigotry,? or prejudice based on region. I considered it the best blog entry I wrote that week, mostly because it arose spontaneously out of an interaction with my audience that could only have happened on the Internet. Interactivity is exhausting, though, and after two more days at my computer I decided that the future could go ahead without me. I lay down...
...Coates' Essay hit home with me. I am a 37-year-old black man born and raised in New York City. I grew up listening to R&B and of course hip-hop. But as the years passed, I too began listening to "white music." Let's be real: How many times must you hear lyrics about your hot car, how you degrade your (black) women, how you will mess someone up if he comes at you and your bling-bling a certain way? Sad to say, those repetitive strains are in R&B and rap music. I love Gavin...
...Nationals? I had forsworn baseball fandom when Bill Buckner let the ball roll through his legs and the Red Sox blew Game 6. When my son did his mandatory second-grade family essay, he called his one-pager "My Dad and Baseball" and wrote, "But after the 1986 World Series he decided he'd had enough...
...TIME's critics report on the top autumn anticipations. And if some of the offerings seem too much like homework, play hooky. See a Broadway show with a favorite star tandem or a movie with a mute, heroic dog, or try a cool new video game. Then write an essay about it, class, and have it on our desk by Monday...
...Islam and Violence Irshad Manji's essay "When Denial Can Kill" succinctly captured the complex issue of Islam's intertwinings with terrorism and noted that Muslims, of which she is one, need to admit that Islam might be motivating suicide bombers [Aug. 1]. As a Muslim, I find it not only refreshing but also encouraging to read an article that challenges what Manji referred to as a "dangerous denial from which mainstream Muslims need to emerge." Perhaps other Muslims will follow Manji's lead and be less hesitant to create a much needed bridge of "cross-cultural understanding." Sara Sadik...