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— because it’s already exploding! The single prerogative on which the GOP will not sandbag Obama: his imperial privilege to wage perpetual war. John Kerry makes that war-lover’s vow! This man is one of the great sell-outs in contemporary American … Continue reading →

Can a male be a muse? The Helicon gals were gals. This occasioned by my Hugh Laing tag of a few posts ago.

At Thanksgiving, a second cousin who is one of the less wealthy inhabitants of a posh Connecticut town, told me she was nevertheless going to start tithing her income. Which organizations did I recommend she contribute her ten percent to? There … Continue reading →

And systemic injustice must be cosseted. Did you know? While the safety net tatters, 33 cities have banned or are considering banning people giving food to the homeless. . . . because allegedly, that would dilute the municipal programs–inadequate as they have … Continue reading →

That’s how I felt when I realized that instead of linking to the Daily Kos NPR petition, it looked like somehow a freaky (malicious?) cross-wiring happened and if you activated the link you went into my google mail account. First … Continue reading →

A bedrock aesthetic philosophy of mine is that there’s never a best, but when Eliza Minden asked we Flies for a dancer-to-watch, I threw caution to the winds (hardly) and happily made my pick. Thebarreflies.com.

Evgeni Scherbakov was really an extraordinary person. I first met Genya in February 2001. His nephew Vasili was already my favorite of the Kirov’s male roster. Tchernichova and I attended the inauguration of the annual winter international ballet festival at the Kirov, which I … Continue reading →

Alla Sizova and Evgeni Scherbakov, two ex-Mariinsky principal dancers of enormous talent and dedication, both died last Sunday. I didn’t know Sizova. I interviewed her in 2002 and watched her class at the Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C. that same day. Scherbakov I knew … Continue reading →

VAI aiming to ship Volume 5 next week. And you should see what’s on their docket!!

In the Nation, William Grieder describes exactly what’s going on in our Supreme Court: “Step by step, the five right-wing justices are transforming the terms of the American political system—including the Constitution. . . . The Republican justices are not … Continue reading →