Larry Franklin: Alleged Pentagon Spy Revealed While Case Possibly Goes Up in Smoke Mideast Peace Larry Franklin: Alleged Pentagon Spy Revealed While Case Possibly Goes Up in Smoke Richard Silverstein August 31, 2004 Larry Franklin (credit: Maariv International) Since I wrote my first post about the alleged Pentagon spy case,... Read More Read more about Larry Franklin: Alleged Pentagon Spy Revealed While Case Possibly Goes Up in Smoke
Daniel Pipes’ Campaign Against Tariq Ramadan Eviscerated Mideast Peace Politics & Society Daniel Pipes’ Campaign Against Tariq Ramadan Eviscerated Richard Silverstein August 31, 2004 Crooked Timber has graciously linked and trackbacked my last post about Daniel Pipes’ intellectual vendetta against Tariq... Read More Read more about Daniel Pipes’ Campaign Against Tariq Ramadan Eviscerated
George Bush Wants to Be Your Dictator Politics & Society George Bush Wants to Be Your Dictator Richard Silverstein August 30, 2004 Chuck Taggart is just plain great. A great radio DJ (KCSN-FM) with impeccable musical taste, a great... Read More Read more about George Bush Wants to Be Your Dictator
Planxty: ‘Si Bheag, Si Mhor’ Folk & World Music Planxty: ‘Si Bheag, Si Mhor’ Richard Silverstein August 30, 2004 Planxty in concert (credit: Gumbo Pages) Planxty was one of the first of the Irish “supergroups,” which... Read More Read more about Planxty: ‘Si Bheag, Si Mhor’
Bruce Springsteen’s Across the Border Folk & World Music Bruce Springsteen’s Across the Border Richard Silverstein August 29, 2004 Bruce Springsteen is one of our great songwriters and rock performers. But there are at least two... Read More Read more about Bruce Springsteen’s <em>Across the Border</em>
Jane Siberry’s When I Was a Boy: Divining the Nature of Love Folk & World Music Jane Siberry’s When I Was a Boy: Divining the Nature of Love Richard Silverstein August 28, 2004 Jane Siberry in concert (credit: CBC Radio’s Tapestry) Jane Siberry‘s When I Was a Boy was a... Read More Read more about Jane Siberry’s <strong>When I Was a Boy</strong>: Divining the Nature of Love
Alison Krauss: Heaven When She Sings Folk & World Music Alison Krauss: Heaven When She Sings Richard Silverstein August 27, 2004 Allison Krauss is one of America’s great national music treasures: a phenomenal fiddle player with an absolutely... Read More Read more about Alison Krauss: Heaven When She Sings
Daniel Pipes’ Vendetta Against Tariq Ramadan Mideast Peace Politics & Society Daniel Pipes’ Vendetta Against Tariq Ramadan Richard Silverstein August 27, 2004 The New York Times article announcing the revocation of Tariq Ramadan’s visa to teach at Notre Dame... Read More Read more about Daniel Pipes’ Vendetta Against Tariq Ramadan
Israel Accused of Running Spy at Highest Pentagon Levels Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israel Accused of Running Spy at Highest Pentagon Levels Richard Silverstein August 27, 2004 (credit: CBS/AP) CBS News broadcast a bombshell on tonight’s Evening News (FBI Probes Pentagon Spy Case) with... Read More Read more about Israel Accused of Running Spy at Highest Pentagon Levels
Tariq Ramadan, Prominent Muslim Scholar Refused U.S. Visa Mideast Peace Politics & Society Tariq Ramadan, Prominent Muslim Scholar Refused U.S. Visa Richard Silverstein August 25, 2004 Is this man a terrorist? (credit: NYT) The Bush Administration has made another grievous error insulting Muslim-Americans... Read More Read more about Tariq Ramadan, Prominent Muslim Scholar Refused U.S. Visa
Emmylou Harris’ ‘Wrecking Ball’: Compelling Performances, Impeccable Song Choices Folk & World Music Emmylou Harris’ ‘Wrecking Ball’: Compelling Performances, Impeccable Song Choices Richard Silverstein August 25, 2004 Emmylou Harris has one of the most beautiful voices in the folk country genre and impeccable musical... Read More Read more about Emmylou Harris’ ‘Wrecking Ball’: Compelling Performances, Impeccable Song Choices
The Swift Boat Veterans for [un]Truth: Bush Doesn’t Get It Politics & Society The Swift Boat Veterans for [un]Truth: Bush Doesn’t Get It Richard Silverstein August 25, 2004 “Those guys were on their own & I had nothing to do with it! Honest injun!” (credit:... Read More Read more about The Swift Boat Veterans for [un]Truth: Bush Doesn’t Get It