The pianist Barry Harris, who died last week, dedicated his life to continuing the oral tradition of jazz improvisation. December 15, 2021 Harmony is the art of resolution, but not all resolutions are equally artful. A story circulates about how Franz Joseph Haydn’s son, returning drunk from late-night partying, loudly played a single dominant chord…Continue Reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Last week, with Covid-19 cases surging and more Americans testing positive for the omicron variant, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked at a news briefing why the United States doesn’t…Continue Reading
An interview with the newly elected mayor of Boston about building on the accomplishments of progressive pioneers and shaping a new politics at the municipal level. December 14, 2021 On November 2, an election night when Democrats suffered setbacks and pundits said voters were rejecting bold progressive ideas, mayoral candidate Michelle Wu won big in…Continue Reading
Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed that she would not be testifying in a dramatic moment on the final day of her defense.Maxwell stood up with her hands held together as her lawyer Bobbi Sternheim put her arm around her.Judge Alison Nathan asked Maxwell if she would be testifying as she had the right to do so.Speaking confidently…Continue Reading
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell are highlighting a fund that awarded nearly $125 million to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims as part of their effort to discredit four accusers who testified at trial. All four accusers who testified for the prosecution at Ms. Maxwell’s trial said they had received awards from the fund, ranging from $1.5 million to…Continue Reading
JOHANNES EISELENew York Appellate judges grilled the District Attorney prosecuting Harvey Weinstein so intently this week that it appears they are poised to overturn his criminal conviction.The thought that a man who evaded justice for so long may do so again is infuriating. Whatever joy we experienced from Weinstein’s February 2020 conviction for rape and…Continue Reading
मतदान के दौरान बम ब्लास्ट में तीन जख्मीकोलकाता: कोलकाता ( Kolkata) के सियालदाह इलाके में रविवार को नगर निगम चुनाव के दौरान बम फेंके गए, जिसमें तीन मतदाता घायल हो गए और उनमें से एक की हालत गंभीर है. पुलिस के एक अधिकारी ने बताया कि एक घायल व्यक्ति ने अपना पैर गंवा दिया है…Continue Reading
काजोल ने अपना फ्लैट उठाया किराए परनई दिल्ली: बॉलीवुड एक्ट्रेस काजोल (Kajol) अपनी फिल्मों के साथ ही अपने अंदाज के लिए भी काफी पॉपुलर हैं. सोशल मीडिया पर वे फैंस से जुड़े रहने के लिए कुछ ना कुछ इंटरेस्टिंग पोस्ट करती रहती हैं. बता दें कि टीवी से लेकर बॉलीवुड तक के सेलेब्स अपनी प्रॉपर्टी…Continue Reading
RSS प्रमुख मोहन भागवत ने कहा कि सभी भारतीयों का डीएनए एक है.धर्मशाला (हिमाचल प्रदेश): राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ (RSS) प्रमुख मोहन भागवत (Mohan Bhagwat) ने कहा है कि मीडिया में अक्सर संघ को सरकार के रिमोट कंट्रोल के रूप में पेश किया जाता है, जो बिलकुल सच नहीं है. उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि हालांकि…Continue Reading