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MMT: Not Your Mother’s Monetary Theory

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Remembering Martin Luther King – 2014

AdLib - January 20, 2014

Weekend Music Thread – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

AdLib - November 23, 2013

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Weekend Music Thread-Social Conscience and Togetherness

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WATCH AND CHAT LIVE: President Obama’s Inauguration – 1-21-2013

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An Open Letter to my Sons – November 5th, 2008

funksands - November 5, 2012

Happy Independence Day – 2012!

AdLib - July 4, 2012

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