A swift kick of rock and roll, just what we all need.
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Two Weeks in Greece, Part 1
Free beer and wine in coach—the eighth wonder of the ancient world.
Read More »Book Review: Selected Stories by Stefan Zweig
A fine new translation of some of the great works by this great Freud-influenced writer of the era between the Wars.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Song for a Future Generation
An exuberant cast and great dance numbers can't bring this futuristic comedy fully to life.
Read More »Cabaret Review (NYC): Alan Cumming at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
The Cabaret and quite charming, engaging, and funny as just himself.
Read More »Obama on a Foreign Policy Roll
The president's realpolitik is a breath of fresh air.
Read More »The Liberal-Conservative Divide: Two Sides of One Nature
We have it within us to recognize in an opposing ideology a part of our own nature — and to ask our "opponent" to do the same.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Drive By Truckers, Empires
I'd dig the new Drive-By Truckers disc a lot more if more of the songs cohered.
Read More »Music Review: David Olney – Dutchman’s Curve
Olney and his main co-writer, John Hadley, have felt-tipped a subtle new entry in the Great American/Americana Songbook.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas at the Met
The Met hadn't staged this excellent example of Parisian grand opera in 113 years.
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