The Representation Question (again)

Reading John Nichols’ “post-mortem” analysis (“Bye Bayh“) of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh’s decision to retire has returned me, once again, to why it is that our government continues to be so ineffective, no matter...

Let Dudamel be Dudamel!

Whose idea was it to start referring to Gustavo Dudamel as “The Dude?” Is this an inevitable piece of baggage that he is going to have to carry around Los Angeles in the same vein as the “Dudamel Dog” now available at Pink’s...

Finding Substance on Television

Forgive me for taking a rather ho-hum attitude towards the Motion Pictures category of the Golden Globe Awards given out each year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. I recognize that this is the Hollywood part of the event, through which...