In the not-so-distant past, conservative entertainment options were usually inflicted by the very serious plague of cringe. Think of the…
Federico Fellini is often lauded for the highly imaginative quality of his films. Indeed, so powerful is the association of…
At her death on April 8, 2013, she was the Right Honorable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG,…
I never met Tom Wolfe, even though we shared friends and editors and agents and both lived for a long…
A beggar’s book outworths a noble’s blood. —Henry VIII, Act I, Scene I Above the piano in our living room…
On Juneteenth, I decided to celebrate by visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met currently has a variety of…
The latest fad is to travel to dangerous destinations. That is, to die. Perhaps there are people who are de…
I It is Aug. 13, 1944, and the streets of Warsaw are clogged with barricades and mounds of rubble, burn-out…
Stars oft fade within their calendar lifetime; superstars influence the next generation; megastars are forever. So, in Songbook terms, ask…
