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Not to turn this into a political discussion - even though our esteemed moderator brought it up in his own initial post - but really, are these goals really that offensive?

The prize is for "contributions of excellence" that dovetail with the Bradley Foundation's mission, which includes promoting "limited, competent government; a dynamic marketplace for economic, intellectual, and cultural activity; and a vigorous defense, at home and abroad, of American ideas and institutions."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-terry-teachout-250000-conservative-bradley-foundation-prize-20140429,0,5073673.story#ixzz30U2eMSPt

Lucky he didn't get squat from the Koch brothers. Then Harry Reid would go on the floor of the Senate and call him "un-American".

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Not to turn this into a political discussion - even though our esteemed moderator brought it up in his own initial post - but really, are these goals really that offensive?

The prize is for "contributions of excellence" that dovetail with the Bradley Foundation's mission, which includes promoting "limited, competent government; a dynamic marketplace for economic, intellectual, and cultural activity; and a vigorous defense, at home and abroad, of American ideas and institutions."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-terry-teachout-250000-conservative-bradley-foundation-prize-20140429,0,5073673.story#ixzz30U2eMSPt

Lucky he didn't get squat from the Koch brothers. Then Harry Reid would go on the floor of the Senate and call him "un-American".

The question is, or might be, how does the Bradley Foundation, in practice, define "limited, competent government; a dynamic marketplace for economic, intellectual, and cultural activity; and a vigorous defense, at home and abroad, of American ideas and institutions." One might think that they have chosen goals that sound rather broad-based (although some of their words do sound rather flannel-mouthed to me) and unobjectionable but that in practice they favor policies that are neither that broad-based nor that unobjectionable, a la those of the Koch Brothers. For example, who could be opposed to a mass-transit system that virtually everyone in the city of Memphis and the general area is in favor of? The Koch Brothers, that's who:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/01/3421088/koch-brothers-tennessee/

Mass transit, you see, is creeping socialism. Ideology trumps all.

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Offered strictly as a public service, an interview with Terry Teachout on the occasion of Duke Ellington's 115th birthday celebration. First link is the introduction, from the "Capital Bop" blog. The mp3 link is the recorded interview itself:

http://capitalbop.com/2014/04/29/audio-celebrating-duke-ellingtons-115th-birthday-with-terry-teachout-author-of-duke-a-life/

http://capitalbop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ellington.mp3

The interview is rather lengthy (53 min) but is interspersed with Ellington recordings. P.S. The word "plagiarism" is uttered along the way.

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