Pete Seeger: Secular Saint & Sinner

Published January 30th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

‘Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent, but the tests that have to be applied to them are not, of course, the same in…

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Grace Note: ‘The Midnight Special’ at 60

Published January 23rd, 2014 by Peter Kinder

‘Folk Music & Farce; Show Tunes & Satire; Madness & Escape’: That’s ‘The Midnight Special’ which has run on WFMT in Chicago for 60 years this month. …

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Time to Derail Fast-Tracked Trade Treaties

Published January 19th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

Treat trade treaty texts like Rorschachs and you’ll discern Black Helicopters. But instead of Blue Helmets, they’re filled with pin-striped Armanis. *** This morning, the Boston Globe…

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Stupid Choices: Networks & Spoking Customers

Published January 16th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

Trawling the news feeds, I often find two articles in the same publication that, without referring to each other, tie together a much larger story than either tells.…

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