Anyone who has watched any of the Republican candidates' debates, particularly the recent ones, has to have been amazed at the extreme statements, the antipathy, the crassness, and the violence of the tone, not to mention what the four remaining candidates want to do as President. American politics has always been rough, but even in the late nineteenth century, when strong words were the norm, … [Read more...]
Speight Jenkins on the art of Opera
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