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I, Too, Can Mob; but I’d Rather Listen to Mozart
A recent article about another Immoral Immonday sent my mind adrift to the old days. In particular, I thought of the Let Asheville Vote Campaign, for which I wrote a…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756–1791)
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More on the unlikelihood of Hunger Games tourism
I saw “The Hunger Games” last night. Overall, it’s a good movie with a gripping narrative and a compelling heroine. It paints a very grim portrait of a future American…
Elections & Public Integrity
Barone says Republicans are fighting the problem Tocqueville described
Michael Barone‘s latest column contends that Republicans are battling problems identified by the author of the 19th-century Democracy In America. Tocqueville, after describing in Democracy in America how Americans avoided…
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Mandating our way to Nirvana
The writer of this post at Pileus suggests, tongue-in-cheek, that maybe we should embrace the Obamacare notion that compelling people to buy certain things and use it to the fullest.…
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Government education stifles creativity
Pianist, teacher, and composer Jennifer Warren-Baker writes here about her experiences with government schooling — specifically how it stifled her musical creativity. We’re fortunate that Mozart and Beethoven didn’t have…
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Some Euro backbone?
German politicians are outraged that the Deutsche Opera in Berlin cancelled a production of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” that depicted Mohammed’s severed head: German politicians denounced the opera house’s move, deputy parliamentary…
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Re: Bill Kristol on Mozart
It’s worth noting that Mozart was the first composer of note who figured out how to make a good living in the free market. Virtually everyone prior to Mozart relied…
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Bill Kristol on Mozart’s Greatness
It’s Mozart’s 250th Birthday and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol has some interesting observations on our trouble with greatness.
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I don’t believe in ghosts, either
I appreciated the comments of John and Karen on journalistic ethics Monday. An excellent topic to bring up, especially in the wild and wooly blogosphere we Roomies inhabit. I fully…
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money and gold
In this article Professor Clifford Thies discusses the intriguing but unfortunate history of the US with regard to money. He concludes that we ought to return to gold. Talking about…
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music for youngsters
Here’s an interesting column in which the author contends — from personal experience — that rock music is bad for little kids. He also suggests better choices. While I am…