In his sixth major pseudo-documentary film, Michael Moore essentially attempts to summarize the underlying thesis of all of the others.  “Capitalism: A Love Story” is anything but an ode to the American form of the economic system of the title.  It is, rather, a loosely scripted and altogether mean-spirited screed in which Moore shows […]

            Nine years ago, a young Sacramento Kings star, Jason Williams, was suspended at the start of the NBA season for testing positive for marijuana.  Williams was a big fan favorite at the time, and his suspension (the Kings were then a legitimate title contender) was a blow to the team’s chances in the upcoming […]

            I am no fan of Fox News.  I don’t watch it when I have a choice and only do so grudgingly when it is on a TV in an establishment I frequent (like my gym).  From what I have seen of the cable channel, it is a mouthpiece for that part of the American […]

            For classical music lovers like me, trying to identify a list of personal favorites is almost sacrilegious. So much great orchestral music has been composed over the last three hundred years (an entirely arbitrary period, but one that includes the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern and post-Modern eras) that to single out ten of the […]