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Sarah Palin's cheat sheet

Moments after criticizing President Barack Obama for using a teleprompter, Sarah Palin was caught using crib notes scribbled on her palm to remember her top priorities.

Bailout could cost taxpayers 30 times more than reported

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The actual price tag for the bank bailout could reach $23 Trillion.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst whose radio show, "The Hutchinson Report," can be heard weekly on KTYM Radio and blogtalkradio.com.

Shirley, you jest

Jeff Winbush

Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson can say thanks to Paul Shirley for taking some of the heat off of them for saying dumb stuff.

Jeff Winbush is the former editor of The Columbus Post newspaper and a freelance writer. His blog, The Domino Theory can be found at jeffwinbush.com.

The worst and the most expensive health care

Algernon Austin

Among rich nations, the United States, without question, has the worst health care system.

Algernon Austin is director of the program on race, ethnicity and the economy at the Economic Policy Institute.

Society to kids: You're on your own

Tolu Olorunda

The health and happiness of kids doesn't seem to matter anymore to society. It's official now, kids: you're on your own. Good luck.

Tolu Olorunda is a columnist for BlackCommentator.com, and a contributor at TheDailyVoice.com.

Matthews may have almost forgotten Obama was black but many others haven't

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Chris Matthews, like Harry Reid, simply muttered an uncomfortable but tormenting reality for Obama: America still hasn't gotten over his race.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst whose radio show, "The Hutchinson Report," can be heard weekly on KTYM Radio and blogtalkradio.com.

We don't quit. I don't quit.

Barack Obama

I never said that change would be easy, or that I could do it alone. But now is not the time to give up.

Barack Obama is the President of the United States of America.

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Guns N Dummies

The Field Negro

Gilbert Arenas is just the latest wealthy young brother behaving badly.

Wain Bennett is a practicing attorney in Philadelphia who blogs at The Field Negro.

Did Newsweek go too far with this cover?

Joni L. Reynolds

I am not a Sarah Palin fan, but the Newsweek cover was out of bounds.

Joni L. Reynolds, an African-American mother, writes a blog called Ebony Mom Politics.

DC sniper scheduled to die tonight

Joni L. Reynolds

Some have tried to link the DC sniper John Muhammad and Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Ft. Hood killer. Both men were driven by hatred, but that's where the similarities end.

Joni L. Reynolds, an African-American mother, writes a blog called Ebony Mom Politics.

Tour guide tells black students to play slaves

The Field Negro

What happens when a tour guide at a plantatation tells young black kids to play the role of slaves during a field trip?

Wain Bennett is a practicing attorney in Philadelphia who blogs at The Field Negro.

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Joe commented on Sarah Palin's cheat sheet:
Why does she need to write these things onto her hand? She should already know her major talking po...

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She will go down in history as a very wealthy pawn in the the Republican Parties strategies no matt...