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Francis Scott Key

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    [UPDATE with Earlier Apology Retracted] Katt Williams in Phoenix: "If You Love Mexico, Bitch, Get the Fuck Over There!"

    He's back, alright​UPDATE, Sept. 5 9:00 A.M.: Katt Williams appeared on CNN over the weekend on Saturday giving an interview essentially retracting an apology that had been earlier attributed to him. He suggested that the statement came from his publicist without signing off on it personally. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Oh, Say Can You Hear: 10 Songs That Should Be Our New National Anthem

    20th Century Fox​"The Star-Spangled Banner" has an image problem. That is, no one likes it.Oh sure, everyone respects and reveres what it stands for, what it evokes in us as nation and as a people. But no one really admires it on its merits as song, and singers and sports fans have long detested t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2006

    Hirelings and Slaves and Tuneless Members of Congress

    Just when I thought I was done writing about the national anthem, an alert reader who was never a contestant in the Miss Teen USA pageant (which is a shame, since given the circumstances, he was probably a shoe-in for the Congeniality award) , tipped me to this story from ABC's Nightline. Nightline ... More >>

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    One More Time: O Say, Can You . . .

    'The Star Spangled Banner' vs. 'Nuestro Himino'

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2006

    One More Time: O Say, Can You...

    Worried that "Nuestro Himino", the new Spanish translation of "The Star Spangled Banner", will bring down the government, causing anarchy in the streets? Or prevent your children from getting that lettuce picking job you've always dreamed they'd have? Or irreversibly pollute the precious bodily flui ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!: 1 - 50

    Worried that "Nuestro Himino", the new Spanish translation of "The Star Spangled Banner", will bring down the government, causing anarchy in the streets? Or prevent your children from getting that lettuce picking job you've always dreamed they'd have? Or irreversibly pollute the precious bodily flui ... More >>

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