If Michigan Football were an MC…

by | Feb 24, 2007 | Hip-hop | 1 comment

Who would it be? I think I cribbed this meme from one of my man Gary Dauphin’s, deli.icio.us links.  Whatever the case, another Michigan alum answers the question definitively. For a longer list check this one out. Now check the dates out on these posts.  I wonder...

Farrakhan's Savior's Day Speech

by | Feb 24, 2007 | Black Leadership | 6 comments

Minister Farrakhan is giving the Nation of Islam’s annual Savior’s Day Speech in Detroit on Sunday, and I’ve been asked to participate in a roundtable for this event, which may be his last, due to his failing health. My feelings about Minister Farrakhan are mixed. On...

Running the Numbers

by | Feb 23, 2007 | Afrofuturism | 2 comments

When political scientists think about “running the numbers” what we normally think about is some form of quantitative analysis. In my case, I’m thinking about multivariate regressions. When Chris Jordan talks about running the numbers he’s got another thing in mind...

End of the Week Shout Outs

by | Feb 23, 2007 | Neoliberalism | 1 comment

A few years ago when I was starting the postdoc in Baltimore, I met a powerful MD/MPH named Sekai, who was studying HIV/AIDS on both the domestic and international level.  She looked familiar, but I couldn’t place it. Her last name?  Chideya. She had the same eyes...