BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its ninth Grammy Award.
The acclaimed orchestra now under the direction of Andris Nelsons won for best orchestral performance for its rendition of "Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, and 9."
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White Random House October 2016
In Ronald C. White's magisterial biography of Ulysses S. Grant, he quotes the following from President Grant's first inaugural address on March 4, 1869: "All laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not." What words could be more applicable to our times?