cover songs Enjoy these excellent covers of Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," on its 26th anniversary Jennifer Sandlin
music Watch David Byrne sing David Bowie's "Heroes" with beautiful, massive backup choir (video) Jennifer Sandlin
christmas Catch 12-year-old treble singer Malakai M Bayoh's insane high note in this 'O Holy Night' duet with Aled Jones Rusty Blazenhoff
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bigger choirs sing louder Is "preaching to the choir" a useless act, or does democracy depend on it? Carla Sinclair
Republicans Watch new Fox ad that shames hypocrite Kevin McCarthy: "Clean up your own House" Carla Sinclair
books New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket Rebecca Romney
trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder
child abuse After eating ghost peppers, this Danish boys choir sings a Christmas carol Rusty Blazenhoff