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Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow Release New Books

Poughkeepsie Journal | John W. Barry | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

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Two famous folksingers named Peter, who both have deep roots in the Hudson Valley, have released new books with accompanying CDs....

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Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

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Burns, Baby, Burns

Kathryn McGarr | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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Kathryn McGarr

At the concert in Central Park Wednesday night, Ken Burns was inspiring -- and used words like "apotheosis" and "inexorable," just to see if we were paying attention -- and was his usual energetic, charming self.

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Peter, Paul and Mary -- and Me

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

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Charlotte Safavi

"Puff the Magic Dragon" became my son's first favorite song. Without failure, he stopped whatever he was doing when the song began and crawled over to the tape recorder.

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Thank You, Mary Travers

Anne Stockwell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Anne Stockwell

My slightly older cousin was nuts about some off-key British jerks called the Rolling Stones. I waited for a clear coast and soaked up Peter, Paul & Mary when nobody was around.

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Mary Travers Dead: Peter, Paul and Mary YouTube VIDEOS

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

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Mary Travers, the great folk singer of Peter, Paul and Mary, died Wednesday afternoon at 72. The trio got together in 1961, and -- despite an 8 year...

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Mary Travers Dead At 72

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

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BOSTON — Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as "Puff (The Ma...

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CAP's Lawrence Korb: More Fringe Than Orly Taitz?

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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Derrick Crowe

The War on Terror frame is dangerous, and the policies that emerge from it make us less secure while failing to stop terrorism.

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My Response to the Mean-Spirited "Barack the Magic Negro"

Peter Yarrow | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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Peter Yarrow

Taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.

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