If the first presidential debate had been a fisticuffs-styled sporting event, Donald Trump would have been a WWF brawler, the kind who thinks nothing of hitting below the belt or even biting his opponent.  Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, would have been a bare-knuckled boxer, who fought by the Marquess of Queensberry rules.  […]

              For over five years, Donald Trump used a thinly veiled, racist, dog-whistle to create a controversy where none existed.  He called an end to that disgusting ploy last week when he declared that President Obama was born in the United States.  He issued no apology for creating the controversy (or for continuing it even […]

Often a symphony orchestra concert will feature a great soloist playing a great concerto.  For even the best orchestras, such a performance can elevate the concert, often making it memorable far beyond the other selections that fill the program on that particular evening. On a smaller scale, the season-opening concert (entitled, “Passionate and Brilliant”) for […]

              If this presidential campaign is Hillary Clinton’s to lose, she and the fates seem to be working awfully hard to make that happen.               Ms. Clinton has all the credentials and smarts one could want in a presidential candidate, and she is running against a candidate who has none of the former and precious […]