We had heard the buzz about this young kid who had set the jazz world ablaze after Wynton Marsalis introduced him at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra gala concert in 2014.  At the time, Joey Alexander was all of eleven years old.  A year later he released “My Favorite Things,” a CD that […]

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 [email protected]. Proposition 51: VOTE No. I find myself wanting to just copy and paste everything I said about Proposition 1 […]