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Man In The Middle

Philip Glass’s new opera, The Perfect American, is a mix of bluster and inspiration.

Every musical note has life in it. For six decades the composer Elliott Carter imagined that life precisely.

Defying adversities imposed by borders has been one of Afropop's key modes of transcendence.

The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.

The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.

How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?

Feminist highs and lows of the first decade of the 2000s.

Economists agree: Christmas presents are a waste of money. Give to these worthy charities instead.

We can't stop looking at our first female political train wreck.

Prochoicers have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.

Blogs

Reviewing two shows in the Lincoln Center's "American Songbook" series, plus the Cowboy Junkies.

February 11, 2011

On the late Daniel Bell, the very archetype of a committed liberal intellectual, and The New Republic's Marty Peretz, plus reader mail.

January 27, 2011

 A personal reflection on John Lennon's New York years.

December 7, 2010

 Music for giving thanks.

November 25, 2010

You can get anything you want at... or can you? Tim Graham thinks not.

November 23, 2010

 A look back on John Lennon's New York years.

November 22, 2010

American culture from Saul Bellows to Janeane Garofalo to NPR.

October 14, 2010

One of Obama's most famous fans reemerges for the midterms, but at a careful distance.

October 12, 2010

On Greg Mitchell's role in getting John Hall elected to congress, and why he deserves re-election this fall.

October 6, 2010

 On the media, John McCain, "Hotel California," wives, ex-wives and shows at the Palladium.

August 28, 2010