"Mario Lanza is unique for pathos and emotional involvement in all categories of the musical form: ballad, song, operetta and grand opera. Mother Nature sensationally provided him with an extraordinary voice, a human machine capable of emitting sound effortlessly, supported by an exquisite colour, extension and powerfu...(Read more...)
Commemorating the 45th anniversary of the death of Mario Lanza, the prestigious opera site Grandi-Tenori.com presents a biography of the tenor and two outstanding recordings. (Read more...)
is slpeling ipmorantt? Posted by Barbara Branden on 10/07/2004, 9:42pm
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A remarkable interview with an Israeli Bedouin who grew up as a shepherd in the Galillee, served in the Israeli Defense Force, holds an M.A. in Political Science from Tel Aviv University, and tours the world speaking on behalf of Israel and its Bedouin minority. His criticism of Israeli bureaucracy is insightful as wel...(Read more...)
Not only is the U.N. funding Hamas, they're giving them getaway vehicles too ... The United Nations and Red Cross have been providing cover for terrorists — literally. And American taxpayers are footing some of the bill. Last week, an Israeli television station aired footage of armed Arab terrorists in southern...(Read more...)
A new play presently touring the US takes post-modern posturing to task. Set in an architectural school, the play apparently plunges the audience "into the wacky world of critical theory" and seemingly helps to expose some of the posturing nonsense of po-mo pedants. While all their targets aren't equally deserving (Fra...(Read more...)
I thought this article by David Halberstam was a condenscending look at America's love affair with leadership seminars, but it evolved into an insightful analysis of what it takes to provoke and motivate men in disastrous combat scenarios. (Read more...)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met with his new council of economic advisers on Monday and praised one of its best-known members, Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, as "my great hero."(Read more...)