On June 28, 1846, the saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph “Adolfe” Sax. It was intended to fill the gap between brass and woodwind instruments. Never fully adopted by most symphony orchestras, the saxophone has nevertheless had amazing popularity in jazz music.
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June 28th, 1703 was the birthday of theologian and hymn writer John Wesley, who died March 2, 1791. His name is so well-known and subconsciously recalled that I quite often get mail mis-addressed to “John Wesley Rawles”, and there was even a brief publisher’s misprinting of one of my book cover spines, that way. – JWR
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Today’s feature article was too short to qualify as a writing contest entry.
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It appears that the RINO leadership of the U.S. Senate is attempting to use a rare weekend session to ramrod through the “Big, Beautiful” spending bill with the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act deleted or neutered. Starting TODAY, please repeatedly contact your state’s U.S. Senators by phone and e-mail and demand that they over-ride the unelected Senate Parliamentarian’s recent ruling [1] that the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act did not qualify as “tax measures” under the Byrd Rule. Clearly, the National Firearms Act of 1934 IS INDEED part of the Federal tax code, and any modification to NFA-’34 is indeed “tax-related.” Tell your Senators: Vote NO, unless the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act are fully restored! Thanks, – JWR