I’ve always been a sucker for a deep voices.
Even before I got into opera, I automatically responded to voices—speaking and singing—of gents like Paul Robeson, Howard Keel, James Coburn, Geoffrey…
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The recent “Smockityfrocks” brouhaha prompted a flurry of really good blog posts, and Liz Ditz has done her usual…
“While women in developed countries as a whole have a 1 in 2,800 chance of dying in childbirth—with some countries as low as 1 in 8,700—women in Africa have a 1 in 20 chance, and in several…

Judy Garland as Vicki Lester, holding the Oscar Garland should have won for this film. (Img. from A Star is Born ~ Warner Bros., 1954)
Yesterday I wrote of my disdain for the horse…
‘Round about December 1, one of our local radio stations starts its month-long marathon of Christmas music. I have to listen, I cannot help myself. (The first step is admitting you have a…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has published the results of their latest study on the prevalence of autism. There is no question that in the last 20 years the number of autism spectrum…
There is nothing new and shocking about the fact that 1% of children have an autism spectrum disorder. Why is it being reported that way?