Taiwan is a true ally and friend to the US, but the treatment from our side is rarely reciprocal, as in the way defensive weapon sales are now being delayed and dangled as a bargaining chip for PRC trade deals. Thank you for showing your support by showing up; it will surely be appreciated there

Others missing from the list:

David Hidalgo-Louis Perez
David Byrne
Donald Fagen

And although Joni Mitchell and Neil Young were born in Canada, they are so embedded in the fabric of music in the US that I would have included them

I look forward to your insightful New Yorker columns every week, and this is another gem, Susan—despite the ghastly subject matter

You chose the perfect photo to accompany your brilliant article. It seens that he really doesn't know what to think about the Excursion that has spiraled out of control. He may be wondering why he put so much trust in the views of Bibi and Islamophobes like Hegseth, Lindsey Graham, and Mike Huckabee

if my memory serves me correctly, he played on Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage album, one of my all-time favorites

I'm not a woman, but I am so happy to have women like you representing our country and speaking truth to power so forcefully and articulately. If only you were leading the House or Senate!

Your tenure as Secretary of Defense is hell for the American people and will continue to be so until you return to your true calling as a tv buffoon

As usual, Susan, you have the sharpest take on this cobbled-together mishmash of justifications

Stand Back! is one of my favorite blues albums. Saw him at a jazz club in Hong Kong quite a few years back

I look forward to your columns every week!

don't leave us in suspense, what happened?

Robert Christgau has been trying for decades to make us all Mekons fans, but I never quite got on that bus. This TDC makes me begin to see the light—but I'd like their recordings a lot more if Sally Timms took a bigger share of the lead vocals . . .

you are one of the best commentators anywhere, and I hope you find a more hospitable environment than the once great, now decrepit Washington Post

$4.99 on Kindle!

Willie Collins showed us that documentary in his class on Soul Music back in my undergraduate days, and it left a really strong impression on me. And what a great title!