UPDATE: Michelle Obama considers the dolls “inappropriate.” To read the full article click here.
One of the ripple effects of having a beautiful, traditional, first family of color, is that many of the broader stereotypical portrayals of the black family will become less influential in our society – and hopefully less ubiquitous. For many people, of all colors, seeing an affluent black family, headed by a father, is a new thing not experienced since “The Cosby Show.” And the lovely littlest Obama’s Sasha and Malia have warmed the hearts of almost …

Amalgamated North Pole Enterprises. L.L.C.
100 Candy Cane lane
North Pole, Arctic Circle 10001
Date 12/24/08
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Recently, a group of reporters, who were in our area working on post election stories, acci-dently dropped a newspaper which was regrettably found by one of the elves. They were shocked and then angered when they saw the pay and benefits that the U.A.W. had been re-ceiving. Taking into consideration the fact that for years they have worked for little more than candy canes and eggnog, their threatened strike …

Dumbfounded? So was I when I first saw this. My next clear thought was that the late Walt Disney, a reported Nazi sympathizer, is probably doing a little jig somewhere having a good belly laugh.

Lead paint isn’t the only element that can make our children’s playthings harmful or destructive. Teaching young people that a tool of violence, and in this country racial violence, is something to be worn as a talisman of power goes beyond the pale.
Need to see more? – The Pirates of the Caribbean “Dead Man’s Chest” …