What I found interesting in the slew of articles about this....

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I heard an interesting discussion of the wildly popular "Madea Goes to Jail," the most recent movie in the "Madea" series, on WPFW tonight. I haven't seen any of these movies. Two recent articles in the Washington Post about this movie were mentioned-- First, a generally positive review by Philip Kennicott:
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I haven't understood the whole news glut lately of "lotsa people could lose their homes because of the high-interest, high-risk predatory lending" stories. Well, I haven't understood in terms of "how could it affect me?" (assuming I keep my job and my health and am not in danger of losing my home, that is), even though I read a few articles and ( Read more... )