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After all that dire stuff. . . Try Benedetta Barzini on for size. . . I’m just now reading through the transcripts of my 1988 interview with Barzini, the fabulous Italian fashion model of the ‘60s who subsequently became liberal … Continue reading →

Amy Goodman on truthdig reminds us that “We are Not Powerless to Confront Climate Change” And if most of the “mainstream” commercial media refuses to acknowledge these and other crucial issues that impact people’s lives, it will continue to implode … Continue reading →

Jim Hightower at Nationofchange, calling out “The Corporate Mad Dogs of Citizen United,” detailing another way an extermist, ethically-challenged right-wing majority on the Supreme Court has radically remade our country.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. writes at Ecowatch: “I have no problem characterizing these corporate-centric super-PACs as treasonous.” This is how I felt about the willful, myopic malice of the climate-change deniers as I drove yesterday through upper Westchester and saw … Continue reading →

Romney wants war with Iran.   Authoritatively confirming what we already know is ex-Mossod chief Efraim Halevy, whose interview with Al-Monitor is a must read. Ballet goers and dancers, ask yourself what the consequence to the arts in this country will … Continue reading →

Julie Kent and Veronika Part: two ABT ballerinas with different and indomitable talents and approaches.  When they share the stage, no quarter is given or expected. Four years ago, Kent’s Hagar and Part’s Eldest Sister went at it in Tudor’s Pillar … Continue reading →

All the salient points have been made about Newsweek’s demise.  The bigger question is what exactly the field of print media is offering its ever-more-emphatically straying readers.  What we’re getting for the most part is shoddy as well as downright biased … Continue reading →

Managerial caprice and artistic excellence are, of course, two entirely different enchiladi.  To wit, the case of Dwayne Croft, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s greatest artists, but of late given the back of Peter Gelb’s hand. We will recall of course … Continue reading →

Our drought-incinerated breadbasket brings ever-rising food prices, while neither presidential candidate nor the debate commission, nor most of the “mainstream”media dare breathe a word about global warming. But 350 has set out on a tour to demand that reality be … Continue reading →

“I don’t support Obama,” Daniel Ellsberg explains on Reader Supported News. “I oppose the current Republican Party.”