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A serf is a feudal subject, as you know, not quite a slave but imprisoned in a system of exploitation.  Land owners also owned the labor of the people living on the land, so if you were a serf, you had to work at certain times of the year to get in the Master's crops, an... Read more

 So we've made it around the Sun, one more time.  The longest night of the year comes next week-- Winter Solstice is Tuesday, the 21st, with the Sun going into Capricorn at 3:38 PM, Pacific Time.  This is one of the eight turning points of the pagan year.  The last was S... Read more

  ARTIST TITLE LABEL GENRE Kouyate, Bassekou & Ngoni Ba Jama ko Out There Africa [Mali] Bombino Nomad Noesuch Africa [Niger] Biales, Lisa Singing in my Soul Big Song Music Blues E... Read more

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This Friday, Sept. 9 at 9:30 AM Eastern, the House Labor, HHS Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to mark up its spending bill.  This is the Subcommittee that decides on Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.  Subcommittee members are listed below. If one of t... Read more

 I spoke with three dancers at the Portland Project at Performance Works Northwest, an umbrella organization for some of the most skillfull dancers in Portland. Linda Austin started this venue ten years ago. She's joined on today's Stage and Studio with Anne Furfey and T... Read more

At the December board meeting, volunteers raised concern that I am not familiar with the laws regarding open meetings.  It was suggested that the board look to ORS Chapter 192.610-192.690.   http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/192.html   However, as I have communicated to s... Read more

This past Sunday, KBOO's Station Navigator, Lynn Fitch pre-empted regular programming for 15 minutes to deliver an address to all listeners which contained an ambitious membership, outreach and awareness building campaign for this Summer.If you care about KBOO, please gi... Read more

 Rolling Stone just put on an article on Sen McCain, which is as damning and devastating as most any piece of journalism I can recall. St. John is revealed as a short-tempered, misogynistic narcissist who differs from Dubya primarily on the basis of his ambition. Oh yeah... Read more