First Things RSS Feed - Richard Kostelanetz https://www.firstthings.com/author/richard-kostelanetz en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:21 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/richard-kostelanetz 60 Culture Matters https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/07/culture-matters https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/07/culture-matters Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Having accepted Thomas Sowell’s great thesis that differences among peoples commonly attributed to race really reflect culture, I was struck by two CDs that have recently appeared. Both contain American vernacular music sung by men trained in the classical operatic tradition.

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