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My father’s mother Sallie was not good at all when it came to racial bias, but I remember her calling us upset in September, 1973, when she heard that the great Diana Sands had died very prematurely of cancer. Grandma … Continue reading →

Plisetskaya is one of those people who truly seemed immortal. I remember interviewing her in 2001, when she was a spring chicken of 76. She was very, I would have to say. . . sexy. She was a law unto … Continue reading →

Playing dumb is one major way that Blitzer keeps that salary rolling in. Jon Stewart lacerates the faux-incredulity of the willing-to-be-truly-out-of-touch-for-a-price “newscaster.”

At the very least we will have a Democratic dandidate who is willing to confront the crap head on, no quarter given, no watercress sandwiches offered.

This week, Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio revealed the way that, when it comes to TPP, the Democratic caucus has been “talked to, approached, lobbied, and maybe cajoled by more cabinet members on this issue than any [other] issue since … Continue reading →

Obama’s outburst today made it clear once again that the issues he will go to the mat for–and will lie recklessly about–are retrograde, repressive, reactionary. Perhaps co-President Jamie Dimon has been applying some pressure. But Mr. President, spare me the … Continue reading →

Brittney Cooper in Salon makes the very good point that as the middle class dwindles, the poor must be ever more brutalized–vide Kansas’s new law about how many amusements the most indigent must deny themselves–so as to give the ever-themselves-more … Continue reading →

When people say “There will never be another — ,” they’re right, but that’s because there’ll never be another anybody or anything. People are unique, even if we all conform to certain basic patterns. The University of Alabama’s Center for … Continue reading →

I want to read Michael Kaiser’s new book Curtains, which apparently lays it out about the future of non-profit arts organizations in this country. One of the reasons things like ballet and classical music are fighting for their lives in … Continue reading →

Do you believe that National Journal is now pushing something called “Sponsor Content,” which it describes as “made possible by our Sponsor, however it is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of National Journal’s editorial staff.” … Continue reading →