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Introducing 'The Jazprose Diaries'
These diaries discuss Art, Culture, and Race with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.
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Jake Paul Beats Tyson, But Alex Jones Is the Winner
As millions focused on the Jake Paul, Mike Tyson boxing match, Donald Trump picked the InfoWars founder to lead a powerful new communications oversight…
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Rude Awakenings
'The Great Gatsby' exposed the dark side of America decades before the 2024 election. But some folks are about to have their eyes opened to its lessons…
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Why I'm Still an Undecided Voter
Don't get me wrong. I've already made my choice and cast my ballot. But I haven't decided if America's future will be able to live up to its promise…
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The Death Bed Confession of a Boogie Man
Lee Atwater was a genius of dog-whistle politics, architect of the notorious 'Willie Horton' campaign strategy. But as his final days drew near at the…
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Meeting the Remarkable Maggie Smith
Some people pass through your life like feathers on the wind, making no impression at all. But Maggie Smith wasn't one of them.
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
James Earl Jones, his father Robert Earl Jones, and the brief window of time I shared with each of them.
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How My Worst Job Became One of the Best Experiences of My Life
It all started with a psychic and ended with people who pluck chickens, butcher cows, and clean toilets for a living.
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The 'Thing with Feathers' Makes a Comeback
But with political and legal storms on the horizon, it's going to take a lot more than hope to win the 2024 presidential election.
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How 'Presumed Innocent' Uses Race To Make Us Complicit in Murder
Apple TV+ delivers a nail-biting update of Scott Turow's legal thriller that explores the implosion of a multiracial family while exploiting and…
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Mary Ellen Mark—Art Drop #16
The art of seeing behind the mask. A few words about the Lone Ranger, President Biden, and the difficulty of letting go.
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You Can Always Change What You're Channeling—Ingrid Andress and the GOP
Many called it the worst performance ever, but her 'Star Spangled Banner' was both timely and appropriate. It also channeled Jimi Hendrix.
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Getting Shot Is Not the Same as Getting Elected
Teddy Roosevelt was shot during the 1912 election — and lost. That incident & the 1968 Chicago convention haunt this year's race. But science says…
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Can Marty McFly Save America from the Supreme Court?
When Michael J. Fox played guitar with Coldplay at Glastonbury recently, he became a metaphor for the only thing that can save a nation on the ropes.
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The Jazprose Diaries
The Jazprose Diaries
These diaries reflect on Art, Culture, and Race with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.
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