Kevin on August 17th, 2009

So this weekend was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Who better to have on than Jonathan Leaf, the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the 1960s? From Amazon, “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties proves the anti-Vietnam War sentiment and free love slogans that supposedly defined the decade were just a small part […]

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Kevin on August 14th, 2009

Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti of Raynham, MA was killed in action on June 21st, 2006, while deployed with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. On July 24, 2009 Jared was posthumously awarded the highest honor our country has to give, the Medal of Honor. What, exactly, did Jared do to deserve such an […]

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Kevin on August 11th, 2009

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, RIP

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Kevin on August 11th, 2009

INCONVENIENT: Backfire: Americans say global warming climate change “exaggerated“ “Here’s what Gallup found: The number of Americans who say the media have exaggerated global warming jumped to a record 41 percent in 2009, up from 35 percent a year ago. The most marked increase came among political independents, whose ranks of doubters swelled from 33 […]

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The best example I could find explaining what Jerry Garcia meant to Deadheads comes from legendary venture capitalist Roger McNamee, of all people. From the New York Times on the day Garcia died, August 9, 1995, “I feel like a member of my family died,” said Roger McNamee, a general partner at Integral Capital Partners […]

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Perhaps the only sobering thing about Amsterdam is the Anne Frank House. When I went over there in 2007, I took the tour and I must say it was amazing. It was truly shocking to see how they lived and what they did to survive under the Nazi’s. This is from the official Anne Frank […]

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