April 28, 2005

You’ll never believe this one…

Man, man, man…business preview–I’ll have a piece on BV about Roland Fryer next week. There may be a rebuttal from him, but I’ll keep you posted on that.

Anyway, This here Internet is something else. Lots of research has been done on how the Internet decreases the cost of information and how that assists economic growth. That’s actually pretty fascinating–yes, I’m a boring economist at heart–but the most interesting thing about the ‘Net to me is pretty simple. With the Internet, it’s nearly impossible to completely lose touch with someone. The era of losing someone for a decade or so are gone. Between Google and six degrees of separation, you can find nearly anyone on the planet and, just maybe, get directions to that person’s house.

What follows is someone taking that just a bit too far.
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April 24, 2005

Carolina…and black colleges, again.

Business…got a joint on ESPN about the mass exodus from Chapel Hill of the 2005 National Champions. If you’re here after reading that already, welcome and feel free to look around.

Lots to get into…just not sure where to start. Let’s re-visit my post on black colleges.
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April 20, 2005

Happy Holiday?

So, I get done teaching class this morning, and two of my students are arguing. One says to the other, “ask him.”

“Bomani, what’s 4:20?”

Oh buddy…
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April 16, 2005

One Time for the Colored Schools

Check this out…students representing Howard University’s Law School won the national mock trial competition. This is a big deal, and a moment for any graduate of a black school to celebrate.

Why?
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April 15, 2005

I Hate Irwin R. Schiester

Well, today, your favorite contributor of informed recklessness grew up all the way…

How? I just had to break the IRS off with cheese instead of getting it back. And they might want more.

I hate being grown.
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April 14, 2005

Unreleased sh…

Busines, sorta. This week’s column is on Benzino’s damn near, I wish he would just leave, but he ain’t, aborted departure. Oh buddy. More on that later.

Things are changing with the column, which I’ll discuss tomorrow. But, enjoy this new joint for now. Here and there, I’ll be dropping more unreleased material on you that I think you’ll enjoy. As listed at the end of these pieces, the rights to reproduction are controlled by the author. Should you want to use these pieces, please contact me and we can work something out.

April 9, 2005

An Uncharacteristic Defense of P-Diddy

So, I’m here on another lazy Saturday night, and I came across this report that Puffy just had his child support payments cut to nearly $22,000 per month.

I don’t have kids, so I don’t know just how much it takes to raise one, but do kids really need that much help?

But more importantly, since when did kids earn the right to be rich?
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April 9, 2005

Right fast…

Business…column’s on Will Smith. Enjoy and holla back.

April 7, 2005

Fan Mail

Okay, I’ve gotten some interesting notes from readers after this Carolina piece (see last update). So, it seems on time to let you peep a few of these, and maybe a couple from the past. My computer ate some of yesteryear’s classics, but these should still be fun.
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April 5, 2005

Did Dook play this weekend?

Nope. They were at home watching the Heels, baby.

Business…got two sports links today. First is my take on Opening Day for the BSN. The next recounts a couple of facets of the Tar Heel Celebration for ESPN. The plan was to post a recap, but the piece says it all. Update Friday.