I have been perplexed about the support Donald Trump has been receiving from true intellectuals, but one of my readers has volunteered to offer his defense of his choice of Trump over Clinton.  The writer is a political conservative (my characterization) who lives in Portland, Oregon.  He is a proud member of Mensa, which indicates […]

Tracy Letts’ “August: Osage County” is the kind of play that critics and theater aficionados swoon over.  Brilliantly written, it is a veritable “great American play,” featuring enough dramatic moments to provide gut-wrenching scenes throughout its very full three acts, with a sprinkling of humor in some of the dialogue and a few of the […]

The following article on California’s Election Propositions is by Mary-Beth Moylan, who is a law professor at the McGeorge School of Law, where she teaches an elective in Initiative Law.  She can be reached at mmoylan@pacific.edu. Proposition 51: VOTE No. I find myself wanting to just copy and paste everything I said about Proposition 1 […]

              I am always impressed by how seriously (relatively speaking) the United States takes the election of its presidents.  (I say relatively speaking because as regards matters of great importance, it certainly doesn’t rank as high as the Super Bowl, or the release of the latest Star Wars movie, or the publication of another Harry […]