Here's a fun one if you like that kind of music -- the top 10 greatest classical composers, at least in the opinion of John Althouse Cohen. The list is notable for going against the consensus of critics in putting Beethoven at No. 1 instead of Bach. And he puts Mozart at No. 2 and Brahms at No. 3, relegating JSB to No. 4. Even if we disagree with Cohen's arrangement of the 10, we can enjoy the links he includes (both audio and video) of pieces by them.
I certainly can't claim expert status, but just based on what I've enjoyed hearing the most, I'd switch Mozart and Brahms, and I'd bump Dvorak up a few spots from No. 10. I also think I'd try to find a place for Tchaikovsky, who isn't on the list, but I'm not sure who I'd bump.
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I know you're aware that the JG now has two equal owners. One, Ogden, is crazy-conservative. I've spent several years in their employ. The other recently married a very conservative man.
The JG has dropped its most liberal columnists (and, of course, Molly Ivins passed away).
You'd have to be nuts to think the JG is some sort of ultra-liberal rag. It's moving steadily toward the center.
I suspect it will be solidly conservative when the N-S stops publishing in year or so. This community won't support a strongly left-wing paper. Maybe they'll hire you. If I were you, I'd lighten up and hope for the best.
Wrong post Littlejohn? Perhaps a "senior" moment?