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Opera Monday: Sweet-n-Low, or How Samuel Ramey Gave Me Operaphilia -
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…
Yes, Virginia, Another Autism Awareness Group -
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The recent “Smockityfrocks” brouhaha prompted a flurry of really good blog posts, and Liz Ditz has done her usual…
In Which Squillo Considers Motes and Eyes -
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“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam thatis…
Safe Birth is a Human Rights Issue -
“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…
Of Horse Races and Academy Awards -
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…
And the Oscar Didn’t Go To… Great Unsung Performances -
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In the 1978 film California Suite, there is a brief exchange between Maggie Smith’s character—an actress who has just lost a Best Actress Oscar®—and…
The Opera: Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini, libretto (lyrics) by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after a play by Victorien Sardou. Premiered at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, January 14, 1900.
‘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…
New Autism Numbers: Old news in a shiny package -
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?