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Another July 4 birthday
‘Sharp Notes Monday’ debuted a year ago today with Paul Simon’s ‘American Tune.’
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Bicentennial’
‘Hey, America’s having a birthday’ is exactly what the Fourth of July means.
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Exit Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court decision striking down the use of affirmative action in the college admissions process will have an enormous impact on race relations in general and the use of education as a tool of social integration.Â
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘My Heart Will Go On’
The search for a submersible that was a disaster tourism expedition to sightsee the wreck of the Titanic captured the world’s attention last week, ending tragically in the deaths of the five people on the vessel.
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Family ties
Hunter Biden is not the first presidential relative whose actions have affected one of the nation’s chief executives.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Freedom’
Over the years, freedom has been a popular topic for songwriters and performers. We have many excellent options for this week, Sharp Notes Monday selection. But we feel Richie Haven’s’ performance of “Freedom” at Woodstock is the best one.Â
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Blue Skies’
Smoke drifting down from eastern Canadian wildfires left us with hazy skies and poor air quality last week. Hopefully, a summer of clear blue skies is ahead.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘She’s A Rainbow’
Long before the rainbow flag became a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride, the Rolling Stones included a song called “She’s A Rainbow” on their 1967 album ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request.’
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Sharp Notes Monday: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”
Memorial Day provides an opportunity to reflect on war and the many lives that have been lost over the years in conflicts all over the globe.Â
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Kissinger at 100:Â His Complex Historical Legacy
The Kissinger historical legacy is indeed complex. There are conflicting legacies of both a positive and negative nature. In this essay written for the Jandoli Institute in May, Alan J. Steinberg provided a guide to these different legacies.
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