The Sacred Exchange of Knucklebones

We've been lassoed into some emergency parenting today, and Microkhan Jr. is tugging on the hem of our deel as we type these very words. So let us just quickly share with you two things that bring much gladness to our collective heart: the above Donny Hathaway gem, an Afro-Cuban spin on "The Ghetto," and the following account of the childhood bond that Genghis Khan (née Temujin) forged with his pal Jamukha:

When they first became bond-brothers, Temujin was ten years old. They were playing...