To the editor — A writer I deeply admire recently wrote a puzzling letter. He suggested all our local elected leaders are sincere. That's not enough. Sincerity is an honestly held belief. It differs ...

In the 1990s, the U.K. was in thrall to Britpop, the retro-leaning movement that was a more melodic answer to the grunge that had taken hold in the U.S. Among the biggest bands of the scene, Oasis had ...