Martin Gibson wrote:

"This same controversy has been going on a long time with Peter, Paul, and Mary. In between songs, long political rants which are not represented on the records they sell to the public."

If that's what you think, then I don't think you've been listening to Peter, Paul & Mary records over the past 42 years. In 1962, their first album included political songs including several anti-war songs like "Cruel War" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and "If I Had A Hammer," a song that celebrates civil rights, equality and justice.

Most of the albums that Peter, Paul & Mary have done since have included political songs. Their new album, "In These Times," includes "Have You Been To Jail For Justice," whose title is self-explanatory, "Jesus Is On the Wire," about the anti-gay hate crime murder of Matthew Sheppard, "Invisible People," about the injustice reigned upon Native Americans as Europeans conquered America, a medley of classic labor songs, etc.

Peter, Noel and Mary have always been politically active with their music. They sang at the March On Washington in 1963 just before Dr. King made his "I Have A Dream" speech, they were there in the Vietnam peace movement, the enviornmental movement, etc. When the Reagan administration was destroying democracy in Latin America, they were there standing up to the administration.

To suggest that their music has ever been apolitical is to show that you've just not paid any attention.

BTW, this is not the first instance of Linda Ronstadt getting involved either. She was very active, for example in the No Nukes movement.