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Ron Asheton, RIP

Ron Asheton, founding guitarist for proto-punk pioneers the Stooges, was found dead at his home this morning. Asheton's buzzsaw guitar, combined with Iggy Pop's snarling…

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The Goldwater Century

When Barry Goldwater and Frank Sinatra both passed away in 1998, it felt to me like the 20th century was truly coming to an end.

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A Blagojevich-SEIU connection?

The arrest this morning of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris involves a tangled web of conversations between Blagojevich and…

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Interesting headline

So was it ever off? From CBSNews.com: CIA Says Hunt For Bin Laden Is On (Thanks to Margaret Griffis for the CBSNews link.)…

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Yma Sumac RIP

Yma Sumac, the multi-octave exotic Peruvian songstress died Saturday in Los Angeles. Her music never fit into any genre, defying all attempts at categorization. Even…

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City Journal on card check

In City Journal, Claire Berlinski looks at the effects of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) by looking at a precedent of EFCA…

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Miller Time in Mexico…

…looks very different than it does in the United States. And by Miller, I mean Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.). In 2001, Rep. Miller and several…

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Happy Labor Day!

Today, in time for Labor Day weekend, I’ve got two new articles out on current goings-on in organized labor. In The American Spectator, my…