"America has been the best country on earth for black folks," he writes. "It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known." Slave ships! Community! Salvation! What haven't we given these "folks"?

"We hear the grievances," Buchanan admits. But? "Where is the gratitude?" [via Media Matters]

But the real magic of The Hills is what it can do for the older gals, like those ones from Sex and the City. "A lot of older women, not even that old—I'm talking, like, late 30s—say one of the reasons they love watching is because they love reminiscing. And remembering what it's like to be young and free and in your early 20s." [Newsweek]

Under the banner "Lies and Lying Liars," Savage muses, "I suppose that little girl's face could be booby trapped." See what he did there?

from Steve Rhodes

7:06pm Mar 20th
To all of you using Facebook as a marketing tool to promote your business or post your news stories, knock it off! Get this stuff off my page or remove yourself as my "friend" or I will do so. This particularly means you newspaper people who are ruining Facebook for everyone. This is my personal page where I like to keep track of friends and acquaintances, not a place of commerce. I do not appreciate being used. It's pathetic. If you want to be my "friend" because we actually are friendly with each other, or you would like to be, great. I have many newspaper pals. I want you here on this basis, but I don't want your stuff clogging up my site. Thank you."