Category: Unfiled
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The Boston Early Music Festival: “Pimpinone” and “Ino”
We caught the final “opera” of the Boston Music Festival last night. “Pimpinone” is a comic ‘opera’ by Telemann. In fact it was written to be performed in the ‘intermezzi’, that is between acts, of a more serious opera. It was quite a bit of fun. The plot is a little outdated – it’s about…
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This is a test
After a long time away I’m moving my old blog here. It’s hard to believe that the last time I posted Obama was present, He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named was still a wanna be long shot (or maybe he was already nominated; who remembers) and the world still didn’t seem so bad. It stuns me that my last comment…
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The right decision
In a democracy, the power to make the law rests with those chosen by the people. Our role is more confined—“to say what the law is.” … That is easier in some cases than in others. But in every case we must respect the role of the Legislature, and take care not to undo what…
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I find this so depressing
Vox – Politics via King v. Burwell won’t destroy Obamacare. I mean, I’m glad Obamacare is here, I think it serves a real need at a reasonable cost. Could it be a better law? Probably. What is depressing is that our politics is so dysfunctional that rational analysis is no longer possible. If the plaintiffs…
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Mary Beard’s shades of sexism
A Don’s Life via 50 shades of sexism. Mary Beard is a very smart lady. I like her take on Tim Hunt, that he is a bit of a moron, but that does not necessarily mean that he should be drummed out of his school. She is much more subtle than that and makes her…
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I’m Reclaiming My Blog
After a very long hiatus, circumstances have encouraged me to reclaim this blog and to try and start posting things again. Wish me luck!
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I’m a baaaaaaaaad boy!
It looks my last post was approaching one year ago, and I wasn’t doing so well writing consistently before that! All right, I’ll try to be better. I’m not fooling myself though. I won’t be publishing every day, and maybe not even every week. But perhaps I can at least start churning out some posts…
Steven Vlad 