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Popdose Flashback ’91: Garth Brooks, “Ropin’ the Wind”
Remembering the guy who brought country, and bad shirts, to the suburbs
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The Greatest Cover Songs of All Time: Honorable Mentions
Last week, we published a compilation of the 100 greatest cover songs of all time, as voted by the Popdose staff. Of course, our way of tabulating the results (you can see the original
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The Popdose 100: The Greatest Cover Songs of All Time
Look, Ma! We can count to a hundred!
Read More »Political Culture: America – Too Big To Fail?
How did the Tea Party force a stupid deal, prove itself unfit to govern ... AND simultaneously send the economy over a cliff? Jon Cummings spots the jokers in the deck.
Read More »Political Culture: A “Permanent Majority,” or Totalitarianism?
Wednesday's anti-democratic (and anti-Democratic) shenanigans in Wisconsin were just part of a GOP effort to destroy the Democrats' power base nationwide. Can they succeed? Jon Cummings says, definitely maybe
Read More »Jesus of Cool: The Misfit Empowerment Project
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" exemplifies the shift among pop's reigning divas -- from P!nk to Katy to Ke$ha -- away from self-aggrandizement and toward messages of self-help aimed directly at their audiences. Jon
Read More »Political Culture: Absolutism Sucks! (Relatively Speaking)
Conservatives now claim the Constitution as their own -- yet couldn't bring themselves to read it in its entirety on the House floor. Jon Cummings examines the flaws of Tea Party-brand strict constructionism
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