Telegram deliverer Daffy Duck is in a swamp, with a message for someone named Chloe, when he starts hiccupping. Unable to stop his hiccups, Daffy decides to seek medical help in an old house belonging to a Dr. Jerkyl, who advertises his services on a neon sign atop his house. Credit: Public Domain Movies –…

Every one of us is gifted in some manner and that gift or talent enables us to help others. Some people are great at giving wise advice, while others have unique knowledge and insight into various situations. Some people have so much faith that they always expect the best, and others have healing souls. Some of…

Commentary We belong to each other, and we learn everything worthwhile by submitting to the authority of a tradition we didn’t invent. We don’t make it up from scratch according to our feelings of the moment. In an essay celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s death, David Goldman traces the line of piano teachers descending…