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'God Bless America': Are Supporters of the Kate Smith Version Trying to Protect the Song—or the Singer?
For years, anyone attending a New York Yankees game would be subjected to the voice of Kate Smith singing “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch. Smith, who died in 1986, was heralded in her day as the “Songbird of the South,” an uber popular songstress whose 1938 version of Irving Berlin’s song was so…
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Booing Rudy Giuliani During Yankees Game Was the Wrong Play; He’s Really a Spy for the Resistance
New York is a liberal state, and it has been for quite some time. I’m not including all the racist parts upstate where black people don’t travel—only the five boroughs of New York City and other parts that are accessible by subway. So on the surface, it makes sense that Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s…
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10 Reasons I Wear Hats for Sports Teams I Don’t Support or Watch
1. The hat matches my shoes. 2. I’m black and therefore stylishly stylin’ on you. And the hat matches my shoes. 3. I like the color of the hat because it matches my shoes. 4. I like the color of the stitching on that hat because it matches my shoes. 5. I like the design…