Old-school news, just in time
by Tim Dickinson Rolling Stone There’s a new power player on America’s extremist scene. White nationalist “Active Clubs” are growing explosively, and filling a void created by the prosecutions that decimated the leadership of oath Keepers and the Proud Boys. “The Active Clubs are who the Proud Boys thought they were,” says Jon Lewis, …
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by Kevin Burton People worldwide are unplugging from the news, according to a Reuters Institute study. We just don’t want to hear it. I grew up with the Dayton Daily News on the doorstep every morning and the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite a regular part of the early evening. Local …
by Kevin Burton The Covid 19 virus will not disappear tomorrow, though many measures meant to track and prevent it, will. All the trends with the virus are headed the right direction and have been for some time. Fewer cases, fewer deaths. There is a definition for “emergency.” Covid no longer meets it. …
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by Kevin Burton “When I hear that siren call baby, I just can’t help myself,” croons Bonnie Raitt. She’s authentic and believable and I get it. The tune is “The Road’s My Middle Name.” It’s from her album “Nick Of Time” and I get that too. The road is the life blood …
by Kevin Burton I love the Doobie Brothers, but I have a complaint. Let’s engage in a little wishful thinking, shall we? I wish Michael McDonald would enunciate. Wishful thinking is “the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of what one wants to believe,” according …
by Kevin Burton The house is more than a little cluttered just now. We’re in the mode of getting stuff out the door. But I found a keeper Wednesday. My wife Jeannette put it in the maybe box that I wrote about last month (“The Maybe Box Keeps The Peace At Home,” April …
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by Kevin Burton Yesterday we heard some thoughts from Stephen Marche, a Canadian writer and commentator, on the turmoil in the United States (“How Is Canada Reacting To US Implosion,” Feb. 18). Marche looked forward, but spent a lot of time looking back, to George Washington’s farewell address after his second presidential term. …
by Kevin Burton Today, the thoughts of a Canadian novelist and cultural commentator on the political and societal turmoil in the United States. With much of the current commentary skewed either too far left or right to be believable, I thought it good to hear from a near neighbor. As a Canadian, Stephen …
by Kevin Burton Sly Stone’s spot-on cultural signpost “Everyday People” topped the American charts 53 years ago. But where is that message today? The song is brilliant in its simplicity. Sung partially to the rhythm of a children’s rhyme, it contains a message even a child can understand. “The song takes some …
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