Frederick Barr
LATEST ARTICLES BY Frederick Barr
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Opinion
Gore Vidal: brilliant provocateur
August 8, 2012Gore Vidal was a very specific sort of figure, heir to the heritage of Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. His description of himself: a "gentleman bitch."
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Opinion
Compelling documentaries: “The First Rasta” and “Marley”
August 1, 2012Two films recently released to DVD provide a sweeping opportunity to learn more about Rastafari identity and culture.
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Opinion
Ray Bradbury: an American imagination
June 7, 2012If ever there were a talent worthy of high regard, this gentle cauldron of imagination seems a figure that ought to be regarded as a national treasure.
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Opinion
New book about Alger Hiss revives Cold War mythology
May 9, 2012As Rep. Allen West proved with his channeling of the late Sen. Joe McCarthy recently, the Red Scare echoes endure within American culture.
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U.S.
Mitt Romney – the moderate?
April 18, 2012The inevitability of Mitt Romney's seizure of the Republican nomination has been central to the often comic and sometimes tragic drama of the GOP's identity crisis.
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U.S.
It’s official: capitalism is a dirty word
January 19, 2012Luntz is the Republican pollster who has engineered the language of political discourse and handed the conservative movement some useful tools.
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Opinion
Spending just got even easier
December 21, 2011The cashless society is almost at hand, some claim.
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Opinion
“Why Marx Was Right”: lively challenge to 10 myths
December 16, 2011Eagleton's bright, witty book marches forward into the usual stumbling blocks erected over the decades in the environment of popular ideology and topples them.
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