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How not to get me to donate to your "classical" music station fund drive: Play a 15-minute symphonic medley of Andrew Lloyd Webber music and close by saying, "Now where else in Fort Wayne can you hear something like that?" There just aren’t enough punch lines in the day…

Who’s surprised by the Abdul Rahman case? Thus it was dizzying to hear of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s plea to Afghan President Hamid Kharzai that, as Fox News reported last week, “she hope[d] Afghanistan would uphold in its constitution in considering Rahman’s case.” The Orwellian approach was echoed by her spokesman, Sean McCormack, who…

To be awarded Laetare Medal: After The Dave Brubeck Quartet disbanded in 1967, Brubeck focused on writing many religious compositions. In an interview last year, Brubeck said his harrowing experiences as a soldier in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge convinced him to also write religious-themed music. “I saw and experienced so much violence…

…although that’s what the friend who sent it wrote as the header to her email. Clergy’s weight issues "have more to do with their sense of isolation because there has been a loss of status for clerical professions," she said. "They are in a job without a great deal of respect, the pay is low,…
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