In my own self-than-sophisticated words I would say that program music is music that is about something. From Wikipedia: Program music or programmatic music is a type of instrumental art music that attempts to musically render an extramusical narrative. The narrative itself might be offered to …
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Well, this really is what progressives are all about: more inclusion and better education. But are smarter and kinder people really destroying our country?
I just came back from the gym where, unfortunately, they have one of their televisions locked on Fox News. I noticed a segment called Voters Eagerly Await Trump’s Return to White House. This is a good example of a key …
For better or worse, there will never be another revolution here in the U.S., given our nation’s annual military budget that’s just shy of $1 trillion. That said, what Che Guevara said here about revolutionaries and education is quite interesting. …
Here’s something from 20th Century playright Thornton Wilder. The problem is that “nonsense” comes in a variety of different flavors, and some of them are more harmful than others. Just turn on the news, and you’ll see what I mean. …
It’s hard to know exactly what Kurt Vonnegut was referring to when he used the word “indecent” here. Maybe it’s just an amorphous combination of war, poverty, denial of healthcare, lack of clean water, and injustice. He was also a …
When my kids were in elementary school, I loved to volunteer as a chaperone on their field trips, and I remember with great fondness one by my daughter’s favorite teachers, Englishman Martin Cook, whom she had for 5th Grade. Mr. …
A reader asks: When you say “He’s not as happy as ______” do you say “me” or “I?” Because the verb “to be” never takes an object, the correct answer is “I”; this is called a “predicate nominative.” The problem …
If you think this guy should have been tapped to be attorney general, our nation’s highest law enforcement official, you have the moral sensibilities required to be a member of the MAGA crowd.
I had a physics professor in college who told our class, “When most people go to Germany they tend to take river cruises and drink white wine. Physicists visit Boltzmann’s grave.” I hadn’t thought about this statement in a very …
