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October 2020

Across The Universe by Al Di Meola
This wonderful new record by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola explores his love of the Beatles.
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David Williams
The Eagles - Live From The Forum MMXVIII
The Eagles released their first album in 1972. Not everyone was a fan of this hybrid of country and rock. Those sounds were in the air and four…
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Music Monday - 1984 by Van Halen
by David Williams Last week the world lost one of the great guitar players and innovators. In many ways rock guitar can be divided into a period before…
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The Bright Side of the Trump/Biden Debate
by Austen Brennan Most of the hot-takes about last week’s presidential debate have already been written; America has moved on from that spectacle to the…
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Austen Brennan

September 2020

Review - Cry From The Far Middle by P.J. O'Rourke
A Cry From The Far Middle PJ O’Rourke Atlantic Monthly Press, 320 pp. Review by David Williams We live in an increasingly polarized age. Television…
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Review - Divided We Stand by David French
Divided We Stand David French St. Martin’s Press, 278pp. The phrase “United We Stand, Divided We Fall” has a long history in the United States. The…
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Mortal Republic
Mortal Republic Edward Watts Basic Books. 352 pp review by David Williams Popular histories of the fall of the Roman Republic are not in short supply…
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The Room Where it Happened
The Room Where It Happened John Bolton Simon & Schuster, 592 pp. Review by David Williams In the second act of the hit musical Hamilton Aaron Burr sings…
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