Fourteen songs that are amazing pieces of music no matter when they were written or who they written for.

It's not often that popular music can transcend personal tragedy with dignity and sincerity, but Lurrie Bell has done just that.

...the authentic voice of a modern woman who sings about the things that concern her the most.

Politicians don't even like themselves enough to give people reasons to vote for them.

Families are like any society in that they are geared to the lowest common denominator.

Generosity is about being receptive to another person's plight and responding to it with positive action and not passing the buck.

With a few more Katrinas or another tsunami or two, the cracks will start showing and the walls will start coming down.

Now anybody can tell you a story, but not everybody is a storyteller... Joseph Bruchac is an excellent storyteller.

(The Ramones) changed the face of popular music when it desperately needed a face-lift.

October 2nd will simply serve as a reminder of how far we as a species have to go before we can really call ourselves civilized.