music

Does It Matter?

August 18, 2021

t seems impossible to avoid seeing heartrending stories of Afghanis who worked for us and their families desperately seeking a safe haven. If they pull off a miracle of getting to Kabul through territory controlled by the Taliban, they face a Kafkaesque American bureaucratic barrier. Actually, two.

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Much Smarter

June 6, 2016

ook in the mirror. If you are wearing a Trump or Clinton t-shirt, button or hat, or if you’re smiling when contemplating our global image, or if you think this is a Christian nation, STOP. This article isn’t about you. Despite the fact that millions upon millions of people have such abysmally low standards (and/or […]

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Interlude

December 12, 2010

Despite my obsessions with current events, history and the rest, I sometimes need a respite. I spent most of yesterday listening to music. It was an idle I too rarely gift myself. There was a spectrum of genres to be savored. There were artists to be brought back to mind. There were moods to be […]

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