We Shall Sing to the Nazis What We Cannot Say to Them: Verdi at Terezin

We Shall Sing to the Nazis What We Cannot Say to Them: Verdi at Terezin

Published April 30th, 2015 by Peter Kinder

A ‘defiant requiem’ seems a contradiction. But not when a chorus of 100 Jews interned at Terezin in 1944 sang Giuseppi Verdi’s ‘Messa da Requiem’ to their Nazi captors and…

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Looking West Through The Bahamas Prism: Drugs, Solar Power & Gambling

Looking West Through The Bahamas Prism: Drugs, Solar Power & Gambling

Published April 9th, 2015 by Peter Kinder

Considering the US through the prism of stories in the Bahamian press reveals facets of the flawed, cracking diamond that is our country. Drug Wars Uber Alles The Punch, The…

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The African Slave Trade of Old & Us Today

The African Slave Trade of Old & Us Today

Published April 2nd, 2015 by Peter Kinder

Publisher’s Note: The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut observed a ‘day of awareness’ of the Anglican Church’s complicity in and profit from the African slave trade. This homily by my friend…

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