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  • Let’s pause for Utah Phillips, 1935-2008

    Let’s pause for Utah Phillips, 1935-2008

    June 1, 2008 By John Pietaro

    Utah Phillips spoke directly to each of us in that filled auditorium on April 24 of this year. It didn’t matter that it was his disembodied voice, speaking over a cell phone held up to a...

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  • Is Anne Feeney irreverent?

    Is Anne Feeney irreverent?

    June 1, 2008

    CD Review Dump the Bosses Off Your Back Anne Feeney www.annefeeney.com, $14.99 As the organ music begins on labor singer Anne Feeney's new CD, the tune is easily remembered. In churches we sing it as, 'What...

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  • The age of progress?

    The age of progress?

    May 30, 2008 By James Thompson

    Karl Marx and Frederick Engels ushered in a new philosophical view in their various works. Dialectical materialism became the scientific method which made sense of the universe. It has been borne out in quantum physics and...

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  • Exposing Bushs assaults on Venezuela

    Exposing Bushs assaults on Venezuela

    May 30, 2008

    BOOKREVIEW Bush v. Chavez Washington’s War on Venezuela By Eva Golinger Monthly Review Press, 2008 160 pp., $15.95, paperbackBuilding on her earlier book “The Chavez Code” (Olive Branch Press, 2006), Eva Golinger has written “Bush vs....

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  • Hold on to your seats in Redbelt

    Hold on to your seats in Redbelt

    May 30, 2008

    MovieREVIEW Redbelt Directed by David Mamet Sony Classics, 99 min Rated R By Eric Green Don’t miss the film “Redbelt.” But, when you sit down in the theater, make sure you have a good seat belt...

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