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...focus more on the hook and groove. “Evergreen” is a happy tune with snappy acoustic phrases and a mellow that aren’t a far cry from (I hate to say it) Jack Johnson. Another sound new to Adams is the soulful, gospel-tinged “Let Us Down Easy,” which offers a taste of early Stax, a hearty gospel chorus, and Adams’ signature twang. Adams closes “Cardinology” with “Stop”—a strong and emotional piano...
...patted and hugged them and left the house to have a Black Angus cheeseburger combo with fries. While I enjoyed eating the delicious burger, I contemplated how some people feel empowered enough to step out and try to force their opinions and beliefs on others as if they were gospel. Jonathan B. Smith, Toronto...
...Good Morning.” Legend’s largely cohesive offering is jarred by one glaring exception: “If You’re Out There” is a sentimental attempt at a political call to action, with overly theatrical, Disney-esque drumming and gospel backup vocals that produce something far too reminiscent of the soundtrack to “The Lion King.” The lyrics are unoriginal (“If you’re out there / Sing along with me / If you’re out there / I’m dying...
...part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Deficit spending and monetary easing were both first put to work in a really big way by the U.S. government in the 1940s--out of wartime necessity, not economic conviction. The economy responded with rapid growth, and after the war, Keynesianism became gospel. Its central tenet, this magazine explained in its 1965 cover story, was that "the modern capitalist economy does not automatically work at top efficiency, but can be raised to that level by the intervention and influence of the government...
...With almost four centuries’ worth of experience and a pantheon of brilliant graduates, it can be easy to anoint this institution, and to thus accept its occasional indictments as gospel. I would submit this resignation becomes still much easier to do when Harvard has not had much in the way of criticism for us—how dare we question a system that has so rewarded...