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Sharp Notes Monday: Searchin’
A man located in Altoona, Pa., is being held in connection with the shooting of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Fortunate Son’
John Fogarty wrote “Fortunate Son” in 1969 while the nation was divided about America’s role in Vietnam, and the song still has relevance today.
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The journalism role of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’
Alice’s Restaurant’ functioned as journalism at a time when accurate information about the war in Vietnam was not forthcoming.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
Before ‘Wicked,’ there was…
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The Trump election
Presidential scholar Michael Riccards shares his thoughts on the election.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Blue Sky’
A growing social media app has the same name as a song that Dickey Betts wrote for the Allman Brothers more than 50 years ago.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Born in the U.S.A.’
The pounding beat and declarative refrain of ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ suggest a fist-pumping patriotic anthem, but the song actually is about the struggles of a veteran returning home from Vietnam.
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Explaining yesterday’s election in baseball terms
To use a baseball analogy, the Harris campaign sat on a lead while the Trump team methodically chipped away at the margin.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Anticipation’
All polls indicate tomorrow’s election will be one of the closest presidential contests in U.S. history, so we can only anticipate the results.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Box of Rain’
“Box of Rain” humanized the Grateful Dead and made listeners realize they were more than just a bunch of drug-crazed hippies.
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