Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once called music "the universal language of mankind." Many literary and musical men and women from all ages and cultures have similarly pointed to music as the great unifier, as "naming the unnamable" and "communicating the unknowable" (Leonard Bernstein); as "speaking where words fail" (Hans Christian Andersen), and as "a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy" (Ludwig van Beethoven).
U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch has some harsh words for President Barack Obama. Calling Obama's response to terrorism "politically correct," the outspoken Democratic congressman from Southie told Boston Herald Radio on Tuesday that the president is wrong to shy away from using the term "Islamic extremist," and said he thinks presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will be tougher on terrorism than Obama.
Lynch further suggested the U.S. should have used military force against ISIS immediately after the June 12 attack on an Orlando nightclub by a shooter who pledged allegiance to the terror group.
