an inquiry into anecdotal evidence It is an annual goal of mine to attempt, throughout a year, to observe one particular idea in detail th...

Having just "unfollowed" someone on Twitter for the first time I thought I would share a few thoughts on what drove me to unfollo...

Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven greatly admired George Frederick Handel. That ought to be enough to convince the rest of us, no? It does not...

A gift is a beautiful thing. Whether of congratulation, commemoration, celebration, or thanks, a gift reflects a bond between people. The g...

In this year's Thanksgiving list, thanks for inherited wisdom, some if it wrought from philosophical rigor and some culled from simple...

Directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa. 2011. I waited for something to go wrong with Crazy, Stupid, Love. I waited for a parade of ...

Directed by Tarsem Singh. 2011. Spoilers within! But first, a vocabulary lesson brought to you by the letter I . pas·tiche [pa-steesh,...

In our first essay on Sacred Music we looked at chant and discussed some of the properties which make it uniquely appropriate for the litu...

To those who wish to get to know these priceless works [i.e. Bach's cantatas] in bulk, [Albert] Schweitzer's advice is invaluable---...

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