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Bob Dylan’s newest medal
In May (2012) President Obama awarded The Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor, to Bob Dylan. It’s his third, big, White House decoration—President Clinton having named him a Kennedy Center Honoree, and, in 2010, Obama having awarded him the National Medal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, CBS-Cool Black Sickness, Dan Guzman, Highway 61, Kennedy Center Honoree, Medal of Freedom, National Medal of Arts, President Clinton, President Obama, Richard R. Guzman, Serve Somebody, Tight Connection to My Heart
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Not As Divided As We Seem?
Are we, as President Obama said at the memorial for fallen Dallas police officers, “Not as divided as we seem”? On the one hand, I see more and more whites at protests over police shootings of young black men, and recently … Continue reading →