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Here we go again with all the euphemistic, weasely language about “limited,” “proportionate” strikes against whichever country we’re about to bomb. Remember hearing this back in 2001 re: Afghanistan?  And we’re still deeply there. At least the British Parliament has … Continue reading →

Despite Syria, I was in something of a light-hearted mood today. Probably had something to do with that 9:00 a.m. oil change. Why it is that after an oil change the car just feels like it’s driving better? Was also … Continue reading →

OK, the screen was pretty big at the 1998 New York City Ballet gala honoring her, and the 2001 memorial tribute. But considering that as a girl she was offered a long-term contract by Paramount, that she said in 1949 … Continue reading →

After reading Jon Queally at Commondreams.org, you have to wonder if a U.S. bombardment of Syria is a way to provoke Iran into war–thus giving the neocons what they’ve craved for well over a decade.

You can count on one thing– should our government launch another catastrophic, horribly expensive misadventure in the Middle East, we citizens of the United States will again be subject stateside to a rising clamor of calls for cuts to Social Security–cuts … Continue reading →

In 1972-73  I saw some of Resnik’s final performances at the Met, as the Marquise in Daughter of the Regiment, Dame Quickly, Herodias. (A decade later, she came back for a few Marquises which I didn’t attend.) By the time … Continue reading →

Did you know that the Berg Companion to Fashion contains a reprint of the article on Hippie Style that I wrote in 2004 for the Scribner’s Library of Daily Life Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion?

The middle class tuned out. . . Liberals confined themselves to genteel whimpering. . . And we became a nation where Bradley Manning gets 35 years in jail!! P.S.  And people have the audacity to condemn Snowdown for staying out of … Continue reading →

Who says ballet doesn’t bring people together??!! An ex-dancer was going to Wood’s Hole with her daughter. I extolled the glories of North Truro, where I spent August of 1970-73 with my family, in a house rented from two artists … Continue reading →

August 28 is the 100th anniversary of Richard Tucker’s birth. The Mayor has designated it Richard Tucker Day, and there will be commemorative events all through the day and into the evening, among them, at 4:o0 p.m. at Juilliard, a … Continue reading →