(Ed. note: E. Haig, a Sacramento writer who specializes in reviews of artistic performances, offers this annual summary of the top performances he reviewed during 2008.) The Sacramento performing arts scene was elevated immensely this past year by stage productions. And in at least four instances, those productions were the result of the efforts […]
Archives for January 2009
America the Beautiful: Obama’s Election Evokes Renewed Love of Country
Posted by Ed on 1/2/09 (written 12/29/08) And so another year has come and gone. This one may have been no different than others, with more than its share of war (Iraq, Afghanistan, to name just a couple of parochial concern), pestilence (cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe), famine (in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa), natural […]
What Obama Really Needs to Fix, and Why It Isn’t Reverend Warren
First post from Ed – 1/2/09 (written 12/22/08) Barack Obama has asked Reverend Rick Warren, the evangelical preacher who heads the big Saddleback Church in Orange County, to offer the invocation at his presidential inaugural next month, and according to the media, that invitation has become the biggest story of the post-election transition period. […]