I realize that some folks are concerned about the music they will hear when they attend a performance of Nixon in China . People worry that it will be “ugly;” that they won’t be able to discern a melodic line; that it will be “too minimalist.” I appreciate those concerns and understand them, because for a time in the last century it seemed that all “new music”...
Over the last few months, the Rubin Museum has invited various artists, writers and other famous creative types (think Alice Walker, David Byrne, John Adams) to interpret images from Carl Jung’s The Red Book with the help of a psychoanalyst. Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner took to the stage over the weekend; after the jump [...] Related posts: Matthew Weiner Talks Mad Men’s Women TV News...
Rep. Michele Bachmann: "America Will Be Cursed If We Reject Israel"... From Weasel Zippers: That faint popping sound you hear is lefty heads exploding all around you... Partial transcript Bachmann's remarks at a recent Republican Jewish Coalition event in Los Angeles: I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United...
Only Armond could bring the ACLU and conservatives together… February 9, 2010 For Immediate Release For additional information contact: Mike Brickner, Communications Director, ACLU of Ohio, 216.472.2220 ACLU of Ohio Web site: www.acluohio.org Ohio House Should Honor Achievements Regardless of Political Beliefs, Says ACLU Speaker Budish Should Reconsider Ban on ‘Controversial’ Awards...
Ohio Revised Code 9.041: “It is the public policy of the State of Ohio to prefer childbirth over abortion to the extent that is constitutionally permissible. Even though this issue involves the right of an Ohio Representative (in this case, Rep. John Adams) to honor high school students for their academic achievements, if we want to talk [...]
This afternoon, State Rep. John Adams of the 78th District spoke with Bob Burney on WRFD, a popular Salem Christian radio station in central Ohio, about how horribly Speaker Buddish has treated Elizabeth Trisler, the talented winner of the national oratory award from the National Right to Life. Click here to listen. Speaker Armond Budish’s phone number [...]
Too Late to Apologize. Watch this one a few times, it will grow on you, from soomopublishing: By the way, the characters are Thomas Jefferson, lead vocals and violin, John Hancock (with the quilled pen), John Adams, Samuel Adams (he brought the beer), and Ben Franklin.
What an ass: House Speaker Denies Pro-Life Teen Access to House Floor Resolution to Honor Teen Oratory Winner Must Be Mailed COLUMBUS – In an unprecedented act of partisanship, House Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beechwood) denied Shelby County teen Elisabeth Trisler a legislative honor routinely presented to others. Budish is refusing to allow Trisler on the House floor to accept a legislative resolution....
Release: COLUMBUS - In an unprecedented act of partisanship, House Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beechwood) denied Shelby County teen Elisabeth Trisler a legislative honor routinely presented to others. Budish is refusing to allow Trisler on the House floor to accept a legislative resolution. The resolution, authored by Rep. John Adams (R-Sidney), honors her accomplishment as the National Right to Life...
1) Name the 14th state admitted to the Union. Vermont was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791 becoming the 14th state. 2) How many men have served as President? While President Obama is the 44th President, he is only the 43rd man to hold the office since Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is both the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. 3) George Washington did not let...
Rightwing Tea Party types are not cool, but there are an awful lot of them out there and their rivals have ceded the stage to them This weekend, the fledgling Tea Party movement has been holding a convention in Nashville, Tennessee. White, middle-class, contemptuous of Wall Street, Washington and academia, the Tea Party insurgents view themselves as the descendants of the militiamen who whipped the...
We have no government armed with powers capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution...
Via a Twitter tip. Private property rights have always been central to the American idea of liberty. John Adams, for one, summed it up succinctly: "PROPERTY MUST BE SECURED OR LIBERTY CANNOT EXIST" Here's a link to multiple videos detailing...
Shutter Island is an upcoming horror thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio . The film is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. Production started in March 2008. Shutter Island was originally slated to be released on October 2, 2009, but Paramount pushed the release date to February 19, 2010. Paramount head executive Brad Grey blamed the recent economic
Summary: Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a kindred of treasure-seekers who've the sum of stricken for the identical concep: a enmity chest close beside the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben's close to discovering its armed conflict, in the way tha is his one-upmanship, barring the FBI is furthermore hip to the trail ferret about. Actors: Nicolas Cage (Ben Gates) ; Diane Kruger...