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I Was a Teenage Dittohead. Then Rush Changed—or Was It Me?
OR MAYBE WE BOTH DID
My father introduced the teen-conservative me to Rush. I was hooked. But years later, I started asking questions I hadn’t before.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
Feb. 18 2021
1:10PM EST
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