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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Doolin-Dalton / Desperado’
Fifty years after the release of ‘Desperado,’ the album and its theme have parallels for the showdown taking place in court between former President Trump and federal prosecutors.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘I Call Your Name’
An ode to old Twitter: ‘I call your name, but you’re not there.’
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What if political campaigns had a trading deadline like MLB?
Political campaigns shuffle staff and retool as circumstances dictate, but what if that process was structured along the lines of the MLB trading deadline?
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Number one with a bullet, or not
Jason Aldean claims ‘Try That in a Small Town’ celebrates small-town values, but the video’s defiant message goes beyond simple rural life.
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Did a British newspaper jump the gun on a sex scandal story involving the BBC?
The Sun newspaper reported that a well-known BBC anchor was suspended because of allegations he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Okie from Muskogee’
Long before the Jason Aldean controversy, another country star sang about what he found disturbing in America.
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Is England healthier than America?
Americans spending the summer in Great Britain feel life in the U.K. is healthier and safer than in the U.S.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Say Goodbye to Hollywood’
Unionized actors have gone on strike, joining screenwriters, who already are on strike.
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The decline of middle management
America’s strength once was an intelligent, alert, committed workforce. Now, we have a middle management problem.Â
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Cocaine’
While we wait for the dust to settle (no pun intended) on the latest White House controversy, give a listen to the most popular version of J.J. Cale’s ‘Cocaine.’
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