July 27, 2011

One of the greatest American songs was released 75 years ago this week and Mark Steyn tells its story here. I dedicate this to my wife, who will be 75 in about another half of a lifetime.

According to Claudius, the usurping king in Hamlet, the main lesson reason teaches us is that we must die. Responding to Hamlet’s mourning and confusion over the death of his father, Claudius tells Hamlet that the common theme of reason from the beginning is “This must be so.” Hamlet uses his reason throughout the play