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: Politics
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 …
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 …
Clowning Glory
On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the moment is an exhibition entitled “Seurat’s Circus Sideshow,” a collection …
From Many, One
We have a new subway line in New York, the “Q”, which runs up the East Side of Manhattan and …
A Political Lesson in the Prodigal Son
A revisit to New York City Ballet recently set me thinking about families, and forgiveness, and welcome. One of Balanchine’s …
An Inauguration Day Letter to Hillary
Dear Mrs. Clinton: On this day when I find myself more alienated from my own country and government than ever …
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