Were it not for Aaron Copeland, Charles Ives might be remembered as the 20th century’s greatest American composer, which is why I thought it fitting to choose one of his most famous compositions in celebration of our country’s 235th birthday. Unfortunately, many of the liberties that former generations took for granted have been diminished...
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Archive for July, 2011
Independence Day
L’affaire Strauss-Khan
There are a number of lessons to be gleaned from the rapidly imploding criminal case against the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Beyond the usual, insincere breast-beating and lamentation over the media’s predictable rush to judgement, as well as questions of whether the traditional perp walk is a violation of...
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DREAM On
There is great news to report from the state of Maryland, which recently enacted a law that would have granted illegal aliens in-state college tuition. At a time when this country-as well as that state-is mired in a deep recession, and college students are encumbered by thousands of dollars in student loan debt, the...
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