Love him or hate him. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground with the current president of the United States. Americans are decisively split in their views of Donald Trump. About a third of the country loves him, and most of the rest of the country can’t abide him. (A small percentage is […]
Sacramento Choral Society Keeps Choral Masterpieces Alive
At a time when orchestral choral music is becoming an artifact, the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra (SCSO) continues to keep alive the great choral works of classical music. The organization’s “European Masterworks” concert last Saturday night (before a capacity audience at the Community Center Theater) was a challenging and exciting program that was perfectly […]
Baseball, 2018: Same Game, or Is It?
Now that the madness of March is behind us with the NCAA tournament and, hopefully, the last snowfall things of the past, it’s time for the boys of summer to get their game back into the spotlight. With last fall’s thrilling World Series still fresh in the minds of many fans, the new season […]
Comparing Demands for Change: Youth Movements Then and Now
The young people’s marches in Washington, D.C., and in many other cities across the nation last weekend suggested comparison with the many such marches and other acts of protest that were led by a similarly youthful movement in the 1960s. Many commentators who are too young to have experienced the 60s are making the […]