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• Dignity-1; Obama campaign-0 - A quick primer on Detroit: It has the nation's largest concentration of Arab-Americans. So Barry's campaign volunteers should have known they likely would encounter Muslims when the candidate spoke at a rally last week in Detroit. You've probably heard the...
• Nah, I'm not a racist, but... - ...maybe the caller was. OK, let me go back to the beginning. I published a piece Tuesday morning about Allen Iverson maturing, right? I say good things about A.I. I chronicled his evolution from cocky kid to overall good NBA...

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