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Blog Entries by Michael Sigman from 08/2012

Mitt-steps Abroad Stir Nixon Nostalgia (Almost)

| Posted 08.07.2012 | Politics
Read More: Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, George Romney, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Foreign Policy, Mitt Romney Foreign Policy, Politics News

Mitt's strategy abroad, we're told, stems from a crucial lesson he learned at the knee of his father, George Romney, who ran against Richard Nixon for the Republican presidential nod in 1968.

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Romney Hood vs. Obamaloney: A Bare-Knuckled Brawl for the Ages

| Posted 08.09.2012 | Comedy
Read More: The Beatles, Robin Hood, President Obama, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Harry Reid, Obamaloney, Monty Python, Romney Hood, Video, Comedy News

Time and focus groups will tell whether "Romney Hood" will survive as a reminder of Mitt's outrageous tax plan. In the meantime, my own modest entry in the Romney Hood sweepstakes.

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Rock 'N' Roll Pantheon Keeps It Real

| Posted 08.14.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: The Turtles, David Johansen, The Monkees, Kiss, Leslie Gore, New York Dolls, Friedrich Nietzsche, Joan Jett, Flo & Eddie, The Runaways, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tammy Faye Starlite, Video, Entertainment News

I needed to find out whether the Rock 'N' Roll Pantheon is "for real," whatever that phrase has come to mean.

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Elvis 40 Years Ago: In the Press-ence of The King

| Posted 08.18.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Colonel Tom Parker, Carl Perkins, Madison Square Garden, Elvis Presley, Miss Piggy, Steve Earle, B.B. King, Video, Fifty News

As a cub reporter for the trade magazine Record World, I got to cover one of the most thrilling music-related events of that spring -- Elvis's press conference at Madison Square Garden on June 9th, just before his first-ever New York performances.

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