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Sunday morning coming down | Power Line
Listening briefly to WUMB’s Highway 61 Revisited yesterday morning, I learned that Stephen Stills turned 81 yesterday. I celebated when he turned 80 last year, but it seems a waste to leave this retrospective behind. Let us…
Sunday morning coming down | Power Line
I’m beginning to think this occasional series has become one of my bad habits, but as those with a bad habit frequently say, I can kick it any time. “I don’t need no doctor.” Let’s live it up in the here and now. Yesterday…
The beauty of Christmas carols pierces the hearts of men with the message of Christ’s salvation
Thu Dec 25, 2025 - 1:00 pm ESTMon Dec 22, 2025 - 12:04 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — My favorite Advent tradition each year is the music. Handel’s Messiah is a perennial favorite, but the Christmas concerts with beautiful carols in…
Slipping into Christmas | Power Line
Having done this annually over the past few years, I want to revisit a few of the secular pop songs that seize on Christmas in one way or another for their own artistic purposes. With a little help from the omniscient…
How ‘Deck the Halls’ lost its booze
"Don we now our gay apparel." When countless Americans sing this line each Christmas season, they probably have no idea that it's a substitute lyric. I didn't, until recently. But now that I know the…
Sunday morning coming down | Power Line
I originally wrote this a few years ago when a friend wrote to recall the effect Sarah Vaughan’s Live At Kelly’s and the John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman album had on him. I love Sarah Vaughan and I love Sarah Vaughan’s I Love…
Sunday morning coming down | Power Line
Revising an old collection of favorites, I thought I would program a set of music. These are mostly lesser known modern folk tracks that take me out of myself and send me off looking for more of the same. The premise of this…
Reason’s 2025 Libertarian Gift Guide
Hello! Welcome to my Hallmark movie casting call. My vision is as follows. You: a busy careerist or parent or homemaker. The specifics aren't important, other than your main personality trait, which is "busy."…
Kennedy Center Honors American Icons
President Trump presented the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the White House yesterday. The honorees, as described at the Kennedy Center site, were country superstar George Strait, members of the rock band KISS, actor…
Sunday morning coming down | Power Line
Steve Cropper died this past Wednesday at the age of 84. As the guitarist for the Stax Records house band — Booker T. and the MG’s — Cropper was instrumental (no pun intended) to the rise of soul music in the 1960s. His New…
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