Down With Tyranny

feat. Howie Klein

Jan 116 min read

The GOP Is Petrified Of Taylor Swift-- They're Making A Big Mistake In Trying To Demonize Her

In 1978, Dolly Parton had been a major country artist for a decade. At the time, I was a music journalist writing about both country...

Jul 21, 20236 min read

Anti-Woke Culture War Hits The Music Business... And Not Just Opportunistic MAGA Nut Jason Aldean

Trump & DeSantis Come Out Backing Racism Yesterday we were contrasting Neil Young’s “Southern Man” (1970) with Lynyrd Skynryd’s “Sweet...

Jul 20, 20237 min read

Biden May Be Reelected Because Young Voters Care More About Policy Than Voters Before Them Ever Did

Many years ago, one of my colleagues at Blue America insisted we poll a primary we were involved in. Our candidate was a Black...

Jul 14, 20236 min read

Would You Lift Your Lamp Beside The Golden Door

Most Americans Favor Immigration-- Republicans? Not So Much Next week marks the birthday of Brooklyn-born poet and activist for immigrant...

Sep 18, 20225 min read

Are We Not Men? We Are DEVO, D-E-V-O

Early in 1977, Chris Knab and I started playing DEVO, an indie band from Akron, Ohio, on our late night radio show on KSAN. The first...

Sep 15, 20217 min read

Not All Americans Are Like Eric Greitens... Right?

Last week, Umair Haque wrote a piece called Why Americans Are Trapped In A Sadistic Society, not a direct reference to Missouri's...

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