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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Rachel Maddow

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 26 2008, 8:53 PM ET Comment

Is really bringing it. Smacking around Pat Buchanan. Not that I like any of this. You know me. Serious, Very Serious, blogger. No way I'd be stuck on MSNBC. Did I mention I was Serious?

UPDATE: More Seriousness--Did Chris Matthews just bust on Kieth Olberman on air? Or did I catch that wrong. This was just as Olberman was pulling in Steny Hoyer.


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