I love books and I even enjoy studying, but I hated school. I had been trying to get out of the sordid ordeal since I was three and was whol...

Directed by William Friedkin. 1973. The Devil exists. There may or may not be a god, and if he exists he may or may not be willing or able...

For the week of Saturday, September 26 through Friday, October 2 . 1) Getting Ahead in America by Ron Haskins at National Affairs . . ....

James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. 1991. The Magic Flute is 218 today. The last opera Mozart completed...

Directed by Jacques Tati. 1967 . The cinema is loud. Not just your Hollywood blockbusters, I’m not talking about your Star Wars and you...

While this post is slightly tardy, I plan on using future Fridays simply to highlight or briefly comment on articles, images, and goings on ...

Last month author, columnist, and intellectual-at-large Christopher Hitchens spoke about George Orwell and Hitchens’ new book, Why Orwell Ma...

Directed by Peter Weir. 2003. Rarely can a movie exist in two worlds and succeed in either, let alone both, but in Master and Commander:...

So passes another summer and so another Mostly Mozart Festival, now in its 43rd year. Being a relatively young man this was but the second...

Today is the anniversary of the publication of George Washington’s Farewell Address to the American people before he left office. I was plan...