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Rod Dreher
Will a superblack name hurt your child’s prospects?
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Rod Dreher
According to the Freakonomics guys, black babies with “superblack” names (Roshanda, Darnell, etc.) don’t do as well economically as black babies with “whiter” names — but it’s not because of the name itself. This is why, they say: What kind of parent is most likely to give a child such a distinctively black name? The…
The joy of victory: a New Orleans postcard
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Rod Dreher
I don’t care what you’re doing, stop right now and watch this video postcard from New Orleans last night, passed along by a fellow Louisiana expat. Imagine the joy of these people, who have been down for so long, but who last night were on top of the world. Watch especially the bus driver —…
Tracy Porter knocks off Peyton Manning, Brett Favre
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Rod Dreher
This was the play of the game last night:Didn’t it remind you of this?:The Saints’ Tracy Porter was the hero who made both interceptions.
Oh no! Not AGAIN?! Aaaaugh!
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Rod Dreher
So I take the dog out for his morning constitutional, only to find that we can’t safely cross the parking lot in front of our apartment. It’s on a hillside and has patches of black ice all over it; I nearly slipped when I stepped off the sidewalk. Dog wouldn’t do his business near the…
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