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  • Musings From the ‘Messiah’

    Musings From the ‘Messiah’1

    One of my favorite Christmas events is the performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. Although I almost wore out my cassette tape version of the “Messiah” listening to it in my teens, hearing it again live, in the midst of soaring ceilings and impressive stone carvings, never fails to

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  • Musician Has Life Savings Stolen During Police Traffic Stop

    Musician Has Life Savings Stolen During Police Traffic Stop0

    Phil Parhamovich is a musician from Madison, Wisconsin. Over the years, he saved up $91,800, only to have it seized by Wyoming Highway Patrol during a routine traffic stop near Cheyenne. Phil was never accused of, or charged with, a crime. Yet, he found himself in the fight of his life to recover the money

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  • Music for Easter & Holy Week: Ten Classical Pieces

    Music for Easter & Holy Week: Ten Classical Pieces0

    Though Handel’s Messiah rightly reigns supreme as the king of music for Easter, there are many other seasonal masterpieces that deserve to be heard more often. Here are ten lesser-known classical works that brilliantly depict the dramatic events of Holy Week and Easter Sunday. 1. “Resurrexit” from the Messe Solennelle, by Hector Berlioz (1824) The

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  • Murdering Meaning: The Verbicide of Contemporary America

    Murdering Meaning: The Verbicide of Contemporary America8

    In George Orwell’s 1984 are dichotomies now familiar to many Americans: “War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength.” Inscribed on the outside of the white, pyramid-shaped Ministry of Truth, this is the motto of Oceania, a nation governed by “The Party.” The Party designed these slogans to obfuscate the meaning of words, thereby

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  • Murder, Divorce, and Rock & Roll: The True History of the 1960s

    Murder, Divorce, and Rock & Roll: The True History of the 1960s7

    When many Americans think of the 1960s, cute hippie girls and great rock music come to mind. What gets left out is the breakdown of American society: Between 1960 and 1970, the violent crime rate more than doubled and divorces skyrocketed. Here are just a few reasons that the 1960s deserve to be remembered as

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  • Murder Rate Rises Due to Short Sentences Sought by Progressive Prosecutors

    Murder Rate Rises Due to Short Sentences Sought by Progressive Prosecutors4

    Baltimore’s homicide rate has risen since 2014. Over 200 people have been killed in Baltimore in just the first seven months of this year, about as many as died in all of the year 2014, even though Baltimore’s population has shrunk a lot since 2014. Murders have risen there because prosecutors haven’t been seeking long

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