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 […]

            Times may be bad for the performing arts, and with the economy struggling to show any signs of recovery, many local organizations are definitely feeling the pinch, but the Sacramento Philharmonic seems to have figured out how to beat the odds.              In its opening performance of its thirteenth season, under the continuing direction […]

            Since its inception in 1900, the Nobel Peace Prize has been one of the world’s most cherished awards.  Given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in some significant way in the cause of peace, it has been bestowed on the likes of Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela.               […]

Government regulation of anything continues to be viewed with skepticism by many Americans, even with the nation still suffering from the effects of de-regulation in the financial markets.  Still, few can seriously argue against a need for increased supervision by the SEC and other market/banking regulatory agencies, and rare are the voices clamoring for less […]