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Guthrie portrait dedicated at state capitol
July 23, 2004OKLAHOMA CITY – (AP) Entertainer Arlo Guthrie and other family members led the singing at the Oklahoma State Capitol July 15 to celebrate the unveiling of a portrait of his father, legendary folk artist Woody Guthrie....
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Woody Guthrie the real ramblin man
July 23, 2004Book review Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie By Ed Cray W.W. Norton & Company, 2004 Hardcover, 384 pp., $29.95 Since first “discovering” Woody Guthrie over 30 years ago, I’ve devoured everything about...
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Environmentalism and anti-imperialism
July 23, 2004“Hey Henry, what are you doing in there?” “Hey Waldo, what are you doing out there?” This dialogue between Henry David Thoreau and his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson is purported to have occurred through the jailhouse...
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Space privatization: Road to conflict?
July 23, 2004Recent news brings us the story of “space pioneers” launching privately funded craft into the heavens. A special prize is offered to the first private aerospace corporation who can successfully take a pilot and a “space...
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Abu Ghraib abuse part of larger pattern
July 23, 2004I was not surprised at the torture atrocities by United States soldiers in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at Guantanamo. I have traveled to Guatemala many times to be with returning refugees, the survivors...
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