Herr Wagner As I noted in my last post, our son wanted to go to the movie theater recently where a live performance of the Metropolitan ...

 Believe it or not, challenges don't come much larger than this. We're talking Richard Wagner and Brunnhilde the warrior daught...

The following is true. It does not amount to news or entertainment which keeps it in the safe zone, i.e., it is not a blatant violation o...

Life is odd. Horrible things can happen (like my ancestors owning human beings as slaves, see previous VWP post ), but from such horrible t...

It's not fair to be too hard on the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl. You must consider how far this activity had to come in fo...

Happy 240th! These days in lieu of paying attention to the news I find myself taking note of significant dates in history. I figure if a...

Feets don't fail me now... A t 12 a.m. as our time zone crosses over into Sept. 11, I will take off running. Literally. There'...