Posted on December 14, 2006 by thestateofblog
“The birthrates of black married women have fallen so sharply that absent out-of-wedlock childbearing, the African American population would not only fail to reproduce itself, but would rapidly die off.”
Oh, and to those of you who think it’s bad to “stay together for the kids.”
“Wallerstein and others who stress the high cost of divorce raise [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2006 by thestateofblog
Air Force records show that at least a few bombers escorted by the red-tailed fighters of the Tuskegee Airmen were shot down by enemy planes, William F. Holton, historian of Tuskegee Airmen Inc., said Monday. And the group’s losses may have been much greater, he said.
However, Alan Gropman, a researcher at the National Defense University, [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2006 by thestateofblog
“Princeton’s Nude Olympics, an unofficial school tradition since 1970, begins annually at midnight of the first snowfall as hundreds of cheeky sophomores stampede through Holder Courtyard, which is lined with a thousand or so spectators. Mobilizing at a few hours’ notice, students ready themselves by donning hiking boots and hats and applying some body paint.”
“As [...]
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