DONATE TRUMP-SIGNED CURRENCY TO ACLU! THEN TELL HIM SO!
MERRIAM-WEBSTER NOTES THE WORD “TRIBUTE” HAS CONTRASTING MEANINGS: One positive; the other, less so. M-W defines a tribute may be “something (such as material evidence or a formal attestation) that … Continue reading
“POI TRISTANO,” JOTTED PUCCINI PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, KEVIN NG ASKED “Is It Possible to Solve the Ending of Puccini’s ‘Turandot’?” We meandered about Puccini’s sketching “poi Tristano” and its love defying death in … Continue reading
“POI TRISTANO,” JOTTED PUCCINI PART 1
CLOSE TO FINISHING HIS OPERA TURANDOT, Giacomo Puccini expressed the intent “poi Tristano,” “then Tristan.” That is, wrap up the complex relationship of the mysterious prince Calaf with ice queen … Continue reading
A SELF-SUPPORTING NOBLE COMPOSER—AND A WOMAN AS WELL PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, DORA PEJAČEVIĆ WAS INTRODUCED as a composer as well as a duchess with Socialist leanings. We started listening to her Symphony in F-sharp minor. (Perhaps you’d … Continue reading
A SELF-SUPPORTING NOBLE COMPOSER—AND A WOMAN AS WELL PART 1
THERE’S A LONG HISTORY OF COMPOSERS depending upon nobility for their livelihood: Vivaldi and Emperor Charles VI, Bach and Prince Leopold of Anhalf-Cöthen, Handel and the British royalty, Haydn and … Continue reading
LIAR, LIAR, MIDDLE EAST ON FIRE
I SUPPOSE WE SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISED that someone who continues to lie about the 2020 election would persist in falsehoods. However, this latest horror taking place in the Middle East … Continue reading
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
I AM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. And thus, I read with interest and involvement Ashley Ahn’s “F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage,” The New York … Continue reading
MIX: FREEDOM (BUT BE PREPARED TO SKIP THE ADS)
DESPITE BEING SOMETHING OF A LUDDITE, every so often my Internet sleuthing reveals a new fav, in this case, modern composer Richard Einhorn’s piece Freedom. I discovered it and more … Continue reading
LAMENTABLE OR LUDICROUS—OR BOTH? PART 2
YESTERDAY, FRANK BRUNI GOT US THINKING about the Trump administration’s lack of professionalism. Today in Part 2, let’s consider Donald “The Golf Cap” Trump himself. Protocol Honoring the Fallen. There’s … Continue reading
LAMENTABLE OR LUDICROUS—OR BOTH? PART 1
HAVING READ FRANK BRUNI’S “We Are Being Governed by Unserious People,” The New York Times, March 9, 2026, I’m left with an intellectual quandary: Are Trump and his cohorts lamentable … Continue reading
