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Phil Ochs, American Balladeer Posted by on Nov 6, 2017

“My pen won’t pour out a lyric line when I’m gone So I guess I’ll have to do it while I’m here”   This blog occasionally pays tribute to notable influencers of the English language and its culture. Today we’ll explore a lesser-known, but astonishingly talented and complicated individual – Phil Ochs. In the 1960s…

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Protest vocabulary Posted by on May 30, 2013

Living in the capitol city of the United States, Washington, DC, I see and hear a lot of different protests. Protesters often come from around the country and the world to meet together in this city to make their wants and desires about political, systemic and environmental change known. Today I thought I would introduce…

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