If 21st century science-fiction is your thing, ”The Nether” is for you.  The current Capital Stage production of Jennifer Haley’s futuristic play is bewildering and intriguing at the same time.  It presents a futuristic existence that allows realization of the darkest fantasies an individual might have with everything as real as a virtual reality can […]

               Depending on which cable channel or other source of news you rely on, you may have a variety of views and understandings of where the presidency of Donald Trump stands vis-à-vis the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.  If your only sources are Fox News (and in particular, its non-news shows: early […]

                Donald Trump has now been the president of the United States for one year.  That accomplishment decided one bet I made in the weeks leading up to his inauguration.  (I won it.)  And while few would claim he has had an error-free year, it is also true that he hasn’t started any new wars […]

                Sacramento is a surprisingly good city for live performances, especially if you are willing to take the short drive to the Mondavi Center (on the campus of U.C. Davis), where a steady diet of musical tastes from jazz to classical symphonic orchestras is available from September to June.  With our own Sacramento Philharmonic, the […]