In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie’s club experience makes him wonder how much stereotypical musical tastes really tell us about each other.
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“What’d I Miss?”: The convenient absolution of “just sayin'”
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie and Myra talk about how the phrase “just sayin'” can let you get away with saying almost anything.
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“What’d I Miss?”: Ossie learns Colorado history, and what’s in a name
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie learns about Black homesteaders in Colorado — and also about what’s cool in a name.
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“What’d I Miss?”: Movements and counter-movements
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie’s dad explains how the tendency for Black movements to trigger opposition isn’t a new phenomenon at all.
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From “Finding Querencia,” an essay on the author struggling with identity in middle school
From “Finding Querencia,” Harrison Candelaria Fletcher’s “Open Season” illustrates how he grappled with his New Mexican-Spanish and Scottish-French roots.
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“What’d I Miss?”: The madness continues
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie’s dad fears for his son’s life in a country where fear, anger, guns and a shoot-first mentality too often lead to senseless violence.
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Littwin: Good news from the Dilbert front. It might be possible to be too obviously racist.
Columnist Mike Littwin found good news on the Dilbert front: He hasn’t seen too many Scott Adams defenders — besides Elon Musk, of course — among the usual cast of culture-war suspects.
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Opinion: Must a citizen affirm support of “diversity” to serve on a jury?
The Colorado Supreme Court will decide the question. Its answer should be “No.”
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“What’d I Miss?”: Tyre Nichols’ beating death sparks new depths of despair
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie and his parents feel the sadness and outrage over the beating of a young man by Memphis police that has reverberated across the country. But will anything change?
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“What’d I Miss?”: So what does “white privilege” really mean?
In “What’d I Miss?” Myra makes an effort to define a term that, she allows, might not use the best choice of words but also has been frequently misconstrued.