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Barry Farber is a pioneer in talk radio, first beginning his broadcast in 1960. "The Barry Farber Show" is heard weeknights 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern time. An accomplished author, Farber's latest book is "Cocktails with Molotov: An Odyssey of Unlikely Detours."
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My kind of 'terrorist'

by Barry Farber -- Did Norway behave poorly or well under the Nazi occupation? Please don't leave me now; this will get relevant within 20 or 30 words. Norway had a lot more…

Why the Saints prevailed

by Barry Farber -- Who needs long pep talks? The New Orleans Saints won. So did Scott Brown. That's enough pep talk. The argument is whether "heart," "spirit" – you know, all more…

Currency collapse in America's future?

by Barry Farber -- Folksinger, songwriter and ever-sharp wit Oscar Brand got a nice laugh out of me when he recalled that his father once worked in western Canada as an interpreter more…

Politicians: Glorified disc jockeys

by Barry Farber -- It was a book for young boys entitled something like "Jack Armstrong and the Mystery Eye." Jack Armstrong was American, but he spent time in India where Hindu more…

Dem damage control in Massachusetts

by Barry Farber -- Showman Mike Todd was famous for saying, "Never take the audience backstage." I now violate that normally worthy guideline. This column is written before the voting in Massachusetts more…

Fickle fans

by Barry Farber -- Is it American decline, or merely change? I'll report; you decide. A while back, when your football team or any particular player had a bad day, you cheered more…

Zombified Americans

by Barry Farber -- The world's dumbest joke and one of the world's most brilliant military actions are curiously related. The joke: The police chief who knew the bad guy was in more…

The only Jew in school – at Christmas

by Barry Farber -- It's been half a century since Jewish organizations started trying to ban Christmas carols in classrooms and nativity displays of model shepherds and oriental kings on the courthouse more…

How American Christians saved us Jews

by Barry Farber -- In this business, there are phrase-makers and word-choosers. And most of us flit back and forth and do a little of each. A few paragraphs down from here more…