Besides being an oboist-writer-producer, I’m also a realtor — and have been for three years. Things look bleak in the US, especially in California. At least that’s the party line. But today, I went into my real estate office (Keller Williams in Burbank) for the first time in a week. What I saw blew me [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Market upswing!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
John Hope Franklin
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our dear family friend John Hope Franklin died this week, at the admirable age of 94. He was an esteemed professor of black history, who earned credentials long before it seemed possible a man of his race could gain an education at all; born in 1915, he held MA and PhD degrees from Harvard University. [...]
Obama’s Arts
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday’s Times had published an article by the excellent art reporter Robin Pogrebin that infuriated me. Not her terrific reporting by any means, but its content — which seemed to suggest that any money thrown haphazardly at the arts — is a good thing. Although I’m a big fan of Obama, I’m finding his arts [...]
