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Based on the number of choices on Amazon, a seemingly new sub-genre of nonfiction books appears to be those analyzing the mental health of Donald Trump and what it means to the country. John Gartner (above), author and former professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins Medical School has edited and contributed to one of the […]

Going across the Mountain once again with a mix of Americana music. Ahh!!  Summer is here. Boat races, 4th of July, Vacations and lots to do here in Sarasota and about. Get a concert report and as always..Happy Monday

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead Autzen Stadium,, University of Oregon,, Eugene, Oregon June 25, 1978 SBD > MC > ? > D > CD > EAC > SHN Disc 1 – Set 1: 1. Promised Land 2. They Love Each Other 3. Me & My Uncle % > 4. Big […]

This Wednesday we’ll talk to Bill Newton, Deputy Director of the Florida Consumer Action Network about the opioid crisis. “According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, “overdose deaths, particularly from prescription drugs and heroin, have reached epidemic levels.”[3]:iii Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths in 2016 involved prescription opioids.[1] From 1999 to 2008, overdose […]

Late last month the Trump administration proposed reviving a  Reagan-era prohibition on federal funding for any family planning program that included the option of abortion. As many who follow this issue are well aware,  it has been a long time since federal funds paid for abortions, but this is something new. Organizations who merely mention […]

From Common Dreams: A national veterans’ organization is weighing in on this year’s Emmy awards with a full-page ad in Variety, saying Ken Burns and Lynne Novick’s “Vietnam War” series does not deserve a “Best Documentary” award. Veterans For Peace (VFP), headquartered in St. Louis, with 175 chapters in the U.S. and six overseas, will […]

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead Saratoga Performing Arts Center,, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. June 18, 1983 aud cassette master: nakamichi 300 shotguns* > sony d5, lawn, center, taped by Doug Lamarr nakamichi dragon/b > benchmark adc1 @ 24/96, transferred – Rob Berger 2017 Once everyone gets their sound dialed in, this […]

The gap between wages and rent continues to grow, which has  shrunk of the stock of “affordable” housing for many. Contributing to the problem here in Florida is the legislature’s reluctance to spend money set aside to subsidize affordable housing projects, a problem that was exposed by Steve and Lew’s guest Zac Anderson (above), political […]

This Wednesday, June 13, we’ll have in the studio Luz Corcuera, Executive Director of UnidosNow. She’ll bring a student along who has taken part in their programs. On the second half of our show we’ll talk to Vietnam veteran and former medic Geoff Morris of the Florida Veterans for Common Sense about the nature of […]