Thursday, November 13, 2008
When Brenin was a young wolf, his favourite game was to steal cushions off the sofa or the armchair
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Shades of the Milagro beanfield
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Not for a moment did I suspect that the financial 1980s would last two full decades longer
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Self-taught, prodigiously intellectual and utterly devoid of razzle or dazzle, Alfred Brendel has nevertheless sustained one of the great musical careers.
Conservatives and Republicans, on the other hand, continue to battle it out: Was her choice a success or a disaster? And if one holds negative views, should one say so? For conservatives in general, but certainly for writers, the answer is a variation on Edmund Burke: You owe your readers not your industry only [...]
Thursday, October 16, 2008
If there’s a surprise in all this, it’s an ordinary on
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Kristol quotes Senator McCain to illustrate the qualities that are needed to rise to the times.
Viva Zapata! It’s a movie made by Elia Kazan. It was one of the trilogy of A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront and Viva Zapata! Marlon Brando stars in it. He plays Zapata. It’s a heroic tale of [...]