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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Music of the Spheres (Political, that is)

March 27, 2014 · by jonathaneennewton | in Issues, Miscellany | tagged classical, nationalism, politics, STEM | 1 Comment

There’s a myth, in the popular imagination, that classical music is higher, better and more exalted than much of the rest of life. This extends to the idea that classical musicians must be on the side of the good and true and right. And when they fail to deliver on this promise, reactions range from […]

Happy Together: Let Me Count the (7) Ways

March 14, 2014 · by jonathaneennewton | in Issues, Miscellany | tagged list, thoughts, travel | 1 Comment

Thoreau nailed my greatest anxiety when he wrote: [One spends] the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it. As I write, I’m on the road through the US (and briefly Canada!) living a vagabonder’s dream. You see, after graduating from college, […]

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