One of the most emotionally complex songs Beck has written is “Lost Cause,” which is sadder than your average breakup song because it’s more about resignation than remorse. The lyrics echo the adage ...

At an Ohio rally this month, Donald Trump saluted the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, calling them “unbelievable patriots” and referring to those who’ve been locked up for ...

Nelson, 91, sings about hopelessness; he’s confronting mortality. Singing about mortality in the abstract is one thing, but very few have the perspective of someone who has walked this planet for ...

Echoing Eric Garner, the mantra of the modern civil rights movement remains, “I can’t breathe,” the last words spoken by Garner and then George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who on May 25, 2020, was ...

The anatomy of the myth / Alan T. Nolan -- Jubal A. Early, the lost cause, and Civil War history: a persistent legacy / Gary W. Gallagher -- "Is our love for Wade Hampton foolishness?": South Carolina ...