Deleting the Formal at Classical Concerts
Start with the music. It’s such a simple idea. Last night I went to a symphony choral concert: the Cincinnati May Festival with the symphony and the huge chorus and some soloists. As we took … read more
AJBlog: The Bright RidePublished 2017-05-21
Can art corrupt our politics?
At Time magazine, Alex Melamid suggests it can, that the infantilism found in (some) works of modern art has led us, in the end, to an infantile president of the United States: Whatever the intelligentsia … read more
AJBlog: For What it’s WorthPublished 2017-05-20
Readers Report: The Wrap-up
Rifftides readers replied in droves to our request for news about what you are listening to these days. Here is the final installment, which provides further evidence of the impressively wide range … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-05-20
Please Insert
My staff of thousands thinks this paragraph by Barrett Brownshould be inserted like an unsheathed stallion’s penis into every last one of the obituaries plaguing us about the late Roger Ailes . . . … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2017-05-19