Bonds of love are often taken for granted until someone has to say goodbye.
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Some 2016 Election Observations
This election has proven Donald Trump’s contention that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ from Red Bull Theater
Sometimes soldiers can only be great killing machines, nothing more, nothing less.
Read More »Talking More Than Turkey – Preparing for Election Rancor to Rock Thanksgiving
If you are feeling like I am right now, you are dreading the inevitable holiday dinner sit down that could possibly turn into something like a wrestling cage match.
Read More »NCAA Fact or Fanatic: Week 11 Picks
No, you can't blame our picks on pain meds. Last time we checked, caprice wasn't a viable diagnosis. All we know is this: in a season where nothing makes sense, after a while the only thing that does is chaos.
Read More »Convention Review (Atlanta GA, 11/4-11/6/16): CONjuration 2016 was Pure Magic
CONjuration 2016, a convention for Harry Potter and magical fantasy, was pure magic itself.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘The School for Scandal’ at the Classic Theatre
Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 comedy of manners comes to life in a delightful production at the Deco District’s Classic theatre.
Read More »Cabaret Review (NYC): Gay Marshall – ‘Gay’s Paree!’ at Pangea
All through the generous, smart, funny show, carefully crafted yet emotionally authentic, with Marshall sang songs by Jacques Brel and made famous by Edith Piaf, living the songs, and letting us live them – and live her love affair with Paris – too.
Read More »Trump Election: Who’s To Blame? Not Who You Think
If the party system isn't destroyed, and if our citizenry is not given the right to look outside of the far right and the far left to fill the most powerful positions in our government, our entire society is endangered.
Read More »Five Ironies of the Trump Victory
Trump's victory has been described as a populist revolt. Yet Clinton won a majority of the popular vote.
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