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: Musings
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 …
The Talented Mr. Frid
With online streaming has come the opportunity to rewatch beloved television shows from our formative years, and to reassess those …
The Call of the Wild
I take a moment to celebrate my 80th blog post by veering away from the fine and performance arts to share …
Three Tall Women and Two Short Ones
I recently attended the wonderful revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, with Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf and Alison Pill, …
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, …
A Christmas Lesson
In the U.K. they have a tradition of the “Nine Lessons and Carols” in church at Christmastime, where the lessons …
Poets' Sinews 