One recent Saturday afternoon, perhaps against my better judgment, I accepted an invitation to attend a free three-hour seminar, billed as “Investment Advice for the Aspiring Real Estate Entrepreneur.” For those of you not familiar with these presentations, there’s rarely any worthwhile informati
You’d better watch your step if you’re involved in any way with a charter school. It’s now open warfare between the establishment forces and the charter interlopers.
In 1979, subsequent to a blockbuster run on London’s West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Evita,” playing on Broadway, became the first British musical to earn a Tony Award for Best Musical.
James Baldwin was a 20th century profile in courage. Black, bold and out (before out was in) as a gay man. He was a prolific essayist, novelist, playwright and poet. But the wordsmithing was in-service to a higher goal: civil rights and social activism.
Bring tear-tissues when you come to see this movie. Perhaps not a full box of Kleenex, but at least a travel-sized pack because you’ll be using them long before the closing scenes. Tissues are needed to mop up tears of joy from the happy scenes and those tears flowing from sadness.
For those of us with a bit of awareness, it’s clear our nation has numerous problems that afflict us. In general, we look to our political leaders for guidance in resolving whatever ails us.
