I can’t pass by Paine Hall, Harvard’s Music Department building, without thinking of a concert there I didn’t attend. *** It was May 1983. Stan Rogers, the rising…
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada and the UK. It is Veteran’s Day in the US. I like the concept of Remembrance Day. There should be a time expressly set…
Politico reports this morning: “The Senate, following suit with the House, has passed a $600 million bill to increase security along the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill will add more than…
‘October 12, 1492. A giant seabird sails into a harbor in the Bahamas. The tour director, dressed in a uniform with velvet pantaloons and puff top, steps off a skiff…