Roger Cohen wrote a moving piece in the Times Week in Review (One Clear Conscience, 60 Years...
Year: 2005
Some of the images the TV networks refused to air (credit: US Action) In full-fledged retreat from...
Natan Sharansky has become the flavor of the month within neo-con circles in Washington, DC (see Bush’s...
I wrestle constantly with how to respond to the various haters who post comments here. The majority...
This is the third and perhaps final post about the musical heritages of those lands worst hit...
Muthuswami Dikshitar, Thyagaraja and Syama Sastri—the trinity of Carnatic music (credit: Artindia.net) When the tsunami hit, I...
Andrew Wyeth, Winter Farm Scene A few years ago, I read a wonderful column by the New...
Margaret Spellings: America’s new ‘guardian of cultural values’ (credit: ED.gov) It seems that Margaret Spellings wants to...
It appears that if you’re a liberal Democrat the ADL is a lot more likely to accuse...
Armandino Batali, proprietor of Salumi (credit: Barry Wong/ Seattle Times) I’m delighted that Greg Atkinson, the Seattle...
Google has introduced Google Video, which promises to be helpful to bloggers who write about TV (not...
In September, I wrote a post about Sue Neiderer, the mother of Lt. Seth Dvorin, who was...








