One of the most distinctive voices of the protest folk music of the 1960s, Phil Ochs is pretty much forgotten now. The song I was talking about in the last post, "The War is Over," starts about 6:10.
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...if you are very, very rich. (Most mss. of this age and quality are in national or university libraries and are not for sale at any price... -
The Journal of Democratic Theory is a new web-based journal which is financing free distribution by charging authors a fee. It will be int...
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I was reading one of Uncle John's trivia books -- which are designed with bathroom readers in mind -- about harmonicas. It listed Ameri...
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In 1388, the Good Duke (Louis of Bourbon) was campaigning on the German frontier. As he besieged a castle, one of the duke's servants, ...
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Not much dross this year , since the less important stuff got redirected to Facebook.
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A friend of mine alerted me to the existence of a PhD dissertation (Texas A&M) on chivalry and masculinity. I have just had a quick lo... -
Since classes ended in April, I have completed the following academic projects: Reviews: Charles Kurzman, Democracy Denied (Journal of Worl...
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I should mention, in connection with my praise for the Detroit Institute of Art, that it is right next door to Wayne State University, which...
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Otherwise known as " Blissed out in Kabul ." Ah, the ex-pat life, behind those 20-foot blast-walls. Was it like this in Beijing or...
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A dissent from the Globe and Mail's endorsement: Anyone but Harper.