The Terror Card, Torture and You or, The Evil of Banality
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Song of the Day: Exhuming McCarthy
On June 9, 1954, Army counsel Joseph N. Welch confronted Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy during...
Hot Fun in the Summertime, circa 1984
The clothesline heard ’round the world Twenty-five years ago. Long enough to officially make...
Observations From The Acela Express: 127 Newark to D.C.
When I first read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I was...
Whoopin’ the Blues
The sand people always ride single file to hide their numbers… There is only one...
Kwai Chang Caine, R.I.P.
While I could appreciate where Quentin Tarantino was coming from with Kill Bill and the...
Vieux Farka Touré: Fondo
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Stevie Wonder + Sesame Street = The ’70s
Okay. It’s cool enough that the great Stevie Wonder appeared on Sesame Street. That he...
A History of Violence
When you think about the distinctive ingredients of Americana, the elements that comprise what we...