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10/02/2026

Prince was promised $150 million. He never got it.

Professor Kevin J. Greene explains that the deal came with a condition: Prince would have needed two, three, or four more Purple Rains to collect the full amount.

That is how a headline number can sound life-changing while remaining out of reach. Prince made one Purple Rain. Its success towered over the rest of his catalogue.

A record deal is not just about the number on the page. It is about what an artist has to deliver to earn it.

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🏷️ Prince, music contracts, artist rights, record labels, Purple Rain, music copyright

10/01/2026

The music industry now makes more money from old songs than new ones.

Professor Kevin J. Greene says the question gets sharper as AI is trained on music catalogues: who gets paid when work created by artists who were never fairly compensated becomes valuable all over again?

He points to the old Black music catalog, now being bought and monetized by major companies, and argues that a new payment could be a form of reparations—not another promise with no clear destination.

If the music is still making money, who should benefit from it now?

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🏷️ music catalogues, AI training, music copyright, artist compensation, music reparations, Kevin J. Greene

09/30/2026

AI can make music. It can't live a life.

Professor Kevin J. Greene believes that's the line that matters. AI can produce a track and imitate a sound, but it cannot turn pain, memory, or lived experience into art the way Sly Stone and George Clinton did.

Music is more than a finished product. It comes from a person, a place, and a life behind the sound.

Can a song ever mean the same thing if no one lived it?

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🏷️ AI music, music industry, artificial intelligence, Sly Stone, George Clinton, music copyright

09/29/2026

George Washington would never have worn a toga.

His first statue says otherwise.

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian Edward J. Larson says early statues dressed George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and other founders in Roman togas. But it was not a faithful picture of Washington, who wore the finest English fashions and carried himself with immense dignity.

Benjamin Franklin might have enjoyed a toga party. George Washington? Never.

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🏷️ George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, founding fathers, American history, Roman toga, Edward J. Larson

Injured during a hotel stay? You may have more legal options than you realize.Under California law, hotels are expected ...
09/28/2026

Injured during a hotel stay? You may have more legal options than you realize.

Under California law, hotels are expected to take reasonable care to protect guests from unnecessary risks — whether it's a slip and fall in the lobby, poor lighting in a parking garage, negligent security, or unsafe stairs, elevators, and pools. This duty extends across guest rooms, hallways, dining areas, and recreational facilities.

Liability doesn't always stop with the hotel itself. Depending on who controlled the area or condition involved, property management companies, security contractors, and maintenance providers may also share responsibility. To recover compensation, a guest generally must show that the responsible party knew — or should have known — about a dangerous condition and failed to address it reasonably.

And even if you're found partially at fault for your injury, California's pure comparative negligence rule means you may still recover compensation, just reduced by your percentage of fault. That's why a thorough investigation matters, especially since insurance companies frequently try to shift blame.

Evidence like photos, surveillance footage, maintenance records, incident reports, and witness statements can make a real difference in your claim. If you were injured during a hotel stay in California, Adamson Ahdoot can help investigate what happened, identify liable parties, and pursue the compensation you deserve.

09/28/2026

The founding promise of equality did not include everyone.

When Abigail Adams urged John Adams to "remember the ladies" while the Declaration of Independence was being drafted, his response made the limits of that promise clear.

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian Edward J. Larson points to a letter in which John Adams wrote that they would never give up their "masculine system." The people writing that all men were created equal did not necessarily believe women were equal to men.

It is a reminder that American democracy was built with exclusions that took generations to confront.

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🏷️ women's rights, Abigail Adams, John Adams, Declaration of Independence, American history, Edward J. Larson

09/25/2026

What did Hamilton get wrong about Alexander Hamilton?

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian Edward J. Larson challenges the musical’s portrayal of Hamilton as an abolitionist. He says the real story is more complicated: Hamilton supported individual manumission, but was not an abolitionist in the tradition of Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Paine, and he owned enslaved people.

Historical fiction can take liberties. But when it turns a complicated figure into a cleaner hero, it can distort how we understand the past.

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🏷️ Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton musical, American history, abolition, historical accuracy, Edward J. Larson

09/25/2026

The Constitution was never meant to be untouchable.

Edward J. Larson, a Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian, says the founders saw it as a human document full of compromises, contingencies, and choices they expected future generations to revisit.

Thomas Jefferson even believed these documents should continue to improve over time. But amendments have become far harder as national political parties have calcified around their own goals.

The Constitution was designed to evolve. The question is whether the country can still do that.

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🏷️ Constitution, American history, constitutional amendments, Thomas Jefferson, democracy, political parties, Edward J. Larson

09/24/2026

No democracy lasts forever.

Edward J. Larson, a Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian, says America's founders never assumed the new republic would survive on its own.

John Adams warned that democracies can "commit su***de." Benjamin Franklin saw the Constitution's flaws and feared that every government could end in despotism.

Their point was not that failure was certain. It was that a republic has to be kept.

What does it take to preserve a democracy?

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🏷️ democracy, American history, founding fathers, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Constitution, Edward J. Larson

09/24/2026

The people are what hold a system together.

Edward J. Larson, a Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian, says John Adams understood that a constitution cannot do its work without citizens and leaders who choose to uphold it.

The future is not inevitable. History is shaped by individual people making individual decisions in response to what is happening around them.

A constitution creates the framework. What people choose to do inside it determines what comes next.

What does a republic need from the people it governs?

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🏷️ Constitution, democracy, American history, John Adams, civic responsibility, republic, Edward J. Larson

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