OK, you know I’m a Democrat but I have always respected my Republican family and/or friends’ preference–until now. This goes beyond disagreements over fiscal conservatism, lower taxes or whether or not you like Netanyahu. We are talking about a bona fide died-in-the-wool bigoted, ignorant demagogue. This is important to everyone of course, but why is…
(georgekelley.org) If you are a fan and count among your favorite books any or all of the great Jane Austen canon, you will be unhappy about this latest venture which skims the surface of one of her earliest efforts. Written when she was 14 as an epistolary novel entirely in letters from and to the…
(simonbutler)For more than 40 years, we have been fans of James Levine and of his way with Wagner, especially the Ring of the Nibelungen. We have seen four Ring cycles with him (more than 20 hours of music in four operas each time) and have witnessed his growth into perhaps the most eminent Wagner conductor…
Shelly's Retirement Adventure 