The genius of American jazz is using an unexpected note or chord to add an element of surprise when the music goes where you least expect.
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One of the many and fruitful exaggerations in Yann Martel's Life of Pi is the assertion, made by a minor character, that Pi's story will "make you believe in God."
It's likely that the Nazi genocide of European Jews (along with Gypsies, homosexuals, and others considered ethnically or socially deficient) is the most well-documented...
Yesterday I got a call from a friend I hadn't spoken with in more than a year. "I have to tell someone this," she said.
As this is written, rescue workers are still separating the bodies from the bamboo after the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali.
Thomas Patterson says that the juice has been squeezed out of elections for Americans...
More than 30 years into his career, nine Grammys, and dozens of tours, 55-year-old Carlos Santana's music continues to evolve, and he's bringing another generation along for the ride.
Sister Dianna Ortiz was kidnapped and tortured by Guatemalan security forces in November 1989 while serving as a missionary there.
The first time I played Waterdeep's new album for my housemates, they were up and dancing within seconds.
What are my favorite things for listening to, watching, and perusing? Well...
Filmmaker Michael Moore loves to pick at the sores of America's self-delusions, and he's really good at it.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, political liberator of India and Hindu spiritual master, sought to translate Jesus' Sermon on the Mount into a practical political philosophy.
A propensity toward evil within religious communities always provides warning signs, says Charles Kimball, professor, Baptist minister, and expert analyst on the Middle East.