Defining Religious Freedom: It All Depends on Your Perspective

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The idea of religious liberty means different things to different people.  That fact could not be clearer in comparing the laws of the United States and France on the subject.  Both countries profess to be democracies, and both have constitutions that developed from the Age of Enlightenment, when freedoms of all sorts, but most certainly […]

E. Haig on Cornel West

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Cornel West, the fiery human rights advocate, enlivened an already enthusiastic audience last Saturday in a commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Cross-Cultural Center at UC Davis.  He made his remarks at the Mondavi Center.  Many in the late arriving audience (the address was delayed for 30 minutes) came from a […]

When Greed Becomes an Obsession: The Case for Wealth Redistribution

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“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” –Jesus, Matthew 19:24 If you haven’t been watching “Silicon Valley,” HBO’s hilarious spoof of the technology boom, you might want to give it a look.  The series features five nerdy […]

E. Haig’s Munich Philharmonic Review

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Since her debut performance with a major orchestra, now over a decade ago, Yuja Wang has established herself as the pre-eminent young female concert pianist.  Over the course of the five performances we have seen her give (from her first appearance in 2009 at the Mondavi Center, on the campus of U.C. Davis), she has […]