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Take the Power Back – I’d never spent that much time thinking about it. I never really needed to. His performance was too consistent, his presence too permanent. Few things in life were as reliable. Tim Duncan was the San Antonio Spurs and the San Antonio Spurs were Tim Duncan. It sounds so simple yet it’s the simplest things that are the easiest to take for granted. Sure, the unthinkable…

Since the announcement last Saturday of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate, various news outlets including The New York Times have reported that Ryan cites Rage Against the Machine among his favorite bands. As expected, many followers of the message behind Rage Against the Machine’s music have found this rather curious given Ryan’s political ideology. Last night, in a Rolling Stone op-ed piece, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom…