And here's Les Préludes arranged for organ!by KenOn the schedule tonight is one of Franz Liszt's best-known works, the symphonic poem (No. 3 of
Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell’s Confederate flag waving has, quite rightly so, landed him in hot water. He is now backtracking on his
Everyday, the drunken orange golfer who would be Speaker stumbles around the country braying "Where are the jobs, Mr. President?" The answer
Beck, King, Rallies… I am entirely unsure how to untangle this mess. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech may very well be one
As President Obama fulfills his campaign promise to end the combat role of U.S. armed forces in Iraq it is worth taking time to consider the
Two extreme-left groups, the George Soros-funded MoveOn.org and Citizen Action/Illinois, will protest tomorrow's Joel Pollak fundraiser, the
Statewide, Florida voters have been rejecting corrupt, right-wing ideologue Bill McCollum for many years. After two decades of disgracing
"Excellent healthcare is by definition redistributional. Britain, you chose well." Donald Berwick, President Obama's choice to lead the Centers
Am I the only one whose stomach churns now every time Betty Draper (January Jones) appears on Mad Men? Nobody's going to nominate Don (Jon Hamm)
"If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." President Obama, August 11, 2009.We now know the president was being
After leaving Zion National Park, we headed east to Cedar Breaks National Monument. It was a natural transition, because or next national park
Did I ever love Michael Chabon's book, The Yiddish Policemen's Union! And until this week, that's all I-- or most Americans from the Lower 48
Within Utah's Dixie National Forest is Red Canyon. This is not to be confused with the 2008 horror movie, Red Canyon, which was indeed filmed in
Neurologist Oliver Sacks has had a personal route to, and a personal stake in, understanding face-blindness."It is with our faces that we face
Today's Saturday music selection returns to politics. What XTC's "Mayor of Simpleton" isn't political? No, it isn't. "The Dead Heart" comes from
Actually, we're not going to hear Liszt's First Piano Concerto tomorrow, so let's listen tonight to the first part played by the titanic Martha
The economy is weak. The stimulus is a flop. President Obama is a flop. Here is the latest evidence: The Commerce Department revised its gross
"I'll be honest. There are countries where a single-payer system may be working."Barack Obama, June 15, 2009, in an address to the American
Interpretation and re-interpretation is what makes history interesting and useful. It is always helpful to view individuals and events from the
The Working Families Party is highlighting its opposition to the proposed drilling of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region of the Southern
One of the worst jobs on this planet has to be that of a law enforcement officer responding to a call for help for a domestic dispute. They are
The financial institutions of this country are in a shambles due to poor choices by the nations banking institutions. If you look at small town
There are leaders and there are false prophets. A false prophet will tell you who is to blame for the storms in your life and demand that you
Republican Assemblyman Robert Castelli had his first bill become law recently. The legislation, which Castelli fought for since he was a
I first found this video at a patriotic Ron-Paul-supporting Tea Party site. I've lost the url since then, but the message of this video hit me so
By Justin Logan Nuno Monteiro, now an assistant professor at Yale but once my preceptor at the University of Chicago, has an interesting note on