Mob Rule
On a recent visit to France we experienced, in the course of two weeks, three general strikes and one slow-down, …
Category Archives: History
The Lady in the Lace Collar
In the outpouring of sorrow and grief at the death of a truly great American, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, I have …
Don’t be a Rat
It is impossible to obtain true numbers due to lack of data, but the estimate is that one hundred billion …
Better Angels
I visited the revival of Tony Kushner’s huge and important Angels in America last month, currently running on Broadway, a …
Legacy
When Martin Luther King was assassinated, I was 13 years old. We lived in a white rural area far away …
Genius Tales
What is it about stories that demand retelling? We are human, we like stories. We tell them to each other, …
It Tolls for Thee
Bells have been around for as long as people have been on the planet. The actual bell as we know …
The Content of Her Character
From the moment we humans first developed speech, stories have been told about courage. It is seen as a manly …
The Woman Makes the Clothes
Nothing prepares you for the sheer energy of Rei Kawakubo’s designs. From the hands and imagination of this Japanese founder …
Clowning Glory
On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the moment is an exhibition entitled “Seurat’s Circus Sideshow,” a collection …
Poets' Sinews 