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How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

No, not in the states, alas. At least not so publicly. Here's a clip of Paul Keating, prime minster of Australia 1991-1998 and a long time political…

It's time to test your music IQ. Â For centuries, composers haves used the seasons as inspiration for their music. Â Vivaldi is the best known, but there…

Okay, now I've really seen it all. Do you know Mozart's Rondo alla turca, the third movement of his Piano Sonata, K. 331? Sure you do. This rondo has…

For my last post of 2010, I want to share one of my favorite performances of anything: The great French singer Edith Piaf performing Les Trois Cloches…

[ADAM: I INSERTED VIDEO FROM THIS POST INTO "MORE RANDOM ACTS OF CULTURE, THIS SHOULD BE TRASHED]Â Those of us in Classical Music radio spend much of our…

The story goes that Sergei Rachmaninoff had huge hands, so big that it makes playing his music quite difficult for those of us who don't have NBA-sized…

Some independent public opinion polls have shown most Ohioans don’t like the state’s new collective bargaining law, which is up for a statewide vote…

Watch Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff moderate the PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders starting at 9pm.…

Mike Kane shares a tale about blurring the line between fact and fiction.