Some histories of jazz are significant contributions to the cultural history of the United States. In Why Jazz Happened, Marc Myers of JazzWax.com has given us another important contribution. But this, George H. Smith writes in his review, is a contribution with a difference.
The New York Times columnist misconstrues the issues at stake in the challenge to New York's restrictions on houses of worship.
We're expected to suffer discomfort, economic pain, and emotional distress or else pay fines or serve jail time. Government officials, meanwhile, take offense when called out for violating the standards they created.
The mayor is traveling to Mississippi to spend the holiday with his wife and daughter.
Requiring meatpackers to pandemic-proof their facilities will have unintended consequences.
"He is an icon of hate speech and transphobia."