Author: Knoxville Progressive

Jane Monheit I was out running an errand recently with the radio on when I heard a jazz singer performing a sloooow version of “Tea for Two” (of all things); handled with gentle caresses, even this old chestnut took...

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for...

“Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be far less destructive, because the aggressor will be...

Often (in case you hadn’t noticed) I stumble into the topic of a weekly jazz jam diary by what some would call random chance, and others (who would say “nothing ever happens totally randomly”) by synchronicity....

If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows. — Dave Barry