"Is Overachieving Bad for Girls?"

Courtney E. Martin discusses the pressures on successful girls and women:“It’s true, my generation of women has broken records and taken names. Women now outnumber men on college campuses by at least 2 million. A recent report by the National Council for Education Statistics concludes that girls consistently outperform boys on reading and writing tests, [...]

The Modern American Nigger

John Ridley
John Ridley’s essay, “The Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern American Nigger,” is one reason you should pick up this month’s Esquire. (Ladies, George Clooney is on the cover. If that means anything to you.) An excerpt:
That which retards us is the worst of “us,” those who disdain actual ascendancy gained by [...]

OJ: "If I Did It . . ."

Most sleaze leads to the doorstep of Rupert Murdoch.
“If I Did It, the new O.J. Simpson book that is roaring over the publishing landscape like a tsunami and leaving as much devastation in its wake, is wrong on so many levels, it’s hard to even begin to separate them; but frankly the real issue has [...]