Two months ago I boldly predicted that Donald Trump would be out of the presidential race before the first votes were counted in January.  Can I have that one back? Despite every logical reason (logical in terms of traditional politics) – like, for example that he can’t possibly be elected – to expect that his […]

            “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” -John 3:16             “Bah, humbug!” -E. Scrooge, Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” The Holy Trinity is among the most bewildering of all the religious doctrines that human beings have ever conceived.  […]

If you are looking for the perfect holiday play, the current production at Capital Stage is not it.  On the other hand, if you are looking for something different, very different, that doesn’t offer so much as a season’s greetings of sentiment, then “The Behavior of Broadus” is just the ticket. We aren’t going to […]

J. S. Bach, the Baroque master, is the inspiration for the American Bach Soloists, the choral and orchestral creation (since 1989) of Jeffrey Thomas. Yet for its annual Christmas offering at the Mondavi Center (on the campus of U.C. Davis), Mr. Thomas and his musicians have, until this year, offered a steady diet of Handel’s […]