Classical music is a pinnacle of Western civilization that always evokes in me a feeling of prideful human achievement.  Now, seeing Western civilization seeming to scramble in disarray, I sometimes feel a bit mournful when I listen to the great composers.  As ISIS tries to drag us into the dark days of bloody beheadings and jihad, and the globalists push us toward a social justice that would have us all grubbing in the Ganges equally, I struggle to hold onto the beautiful things that used to define us. Mendelssohn is a classical composer who lifts me to another realm – a kind of escapism resulting from the composer's passion and the symbiotic relationship it forms with my cerebral ear. Recently, however, while listening to the Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), I rejected the mournful contemplation of our current cultural demise and mused instead on those small, seemingly inconsequential moments that affected Western advancement. Closing my eyes, I...(Read Full Article)