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Sunday night I watched an interview of actor Morgan Freeman on 60 Minutes. Not my usual Sunday night viewing fare, but I was too busy clipping my toenails to change the channel.
Anyway, Freeman made a comment that was spot on something that’s been going through my mind a lot lately. Interviewer Mike Wallace asked the tough question about what Americans should do to end racism.
Freeman’s answer? “Stop talking about it.“
“I’m going to stop calling you a white man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You wouldn’t say, “‘Well, I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.”’ You know what I’m sayin’.””
I do know what he’s sayin’. It pretty much goes against the politically correct left, that segment of society that says in order to respect other races we must make […]

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Here’s an update on the Nelson expansion I blogged about earlier.
Anonymous, you asked for more pics, so here are some shots courtesy of Matt the Architect. By the way, I love all of those quotes you’re famous for.
Anyway, check these out…

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So my friend Matt is one of the project architects for the new expansion of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Because I have such a powerful and influential friend, I scored a private tour of the not-yet-completed expansion.The new building, designed by well-known architect Steven Holl, has been the source of a fair amount of controversy in Kansas City. Some people object to his design, which uses hunderds of slabs of specially designed glass, saying it looks too much like a prefab metal shed and it’s offensive to the grand old Nelson Atkins.
Others, like Tony from TKC, object on general principal to the idea of spending dollars on “cultural” projects, saying there’s no benefit to the proletariate (his opinion).
My personal view is that this is going to be a kick ass building. It’s a mistake to judge this book by its exterior cover. I was able to snap […]

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