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May 24, 2017 (May 23, 2017)

Backlist Bop: Soviet conspiracy unveiled!

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Comrades, The Press has asked me, The Bolshevik, to pause from my advice column to fill in with the popular Backlist Bop feature. And good timing it is, for today […]

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March 23, 2017 (March 22, 2017)

Backlist Bop: Rockmore, not less

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You can’t have Women’s History Month without musician-genius Clara Rockmore (left in the photo). The appropriately named Rockmore was a master of the theremin, that haunting/creepy sound-maker that entered our consciousness through 1950s science fiction films, […]

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May 23, 2016 (May 23, 2016)

Release Party: Cold War Games

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Olympic advertising is in full swing. It is a good time to recall that, not long ago, an Olympic year meant far more than corporate tie-ins and moody video of winsome young […]

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February 17, 2016 (February 15, 2016)

When the clock strikes rock

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One of the most important singles in American music history, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets was the B-side of his first Decca single, a post-apocalyptic novelty […]

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November 16, 2015 (November 16, 2015)

Godwin’s forefathers

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The uber-digital generation may think that Internet traditions began with them, or at least no further back than their parents. For example, anyone spending time on political blogs or in […]

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March 18, 2014 (March 17, 2014)

Q&A with Loyalty and Liberty author Alex Goodall

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Alex Goodall is a lecturer in modern history at the University of York, where he specializes in the history of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary politics in the Americas. He answered some questions […]

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February 25, 2014 (February 26, 2014)

Q&A with Demilitarization in the Contemporary World editor Peter Stearns

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Peter N. Stearns is Provost of George Mason University, author of Globalization in World History and editor of the new UIP book Demilitarization in the Contemporary World.  He answered our questions about the book. […]

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