WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 2007 06:00:00 PM The death last week of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) had a bigger impact on me than I expected. Through his CDs, videotapes and

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 05 2007 06:00:00 PM As the United Nations’ Secretary General Ban Ki Moon travels to Darfur to see conditions there in advance of the deployment of U.N. peace keeping

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 2007 06:00:00 PM With the events of this week, it’s starting to seem like the entire right wing in America is made up of some combination of self-loathing closet gays,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 2007 06:00:00 PM The most shocking thing about Bush advisor Karl Rove’s “exit interview” with Meet the Press’ David Gregory last Sunday was nothing from the

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 2007 06:00:00 PM It will be just about a year from now that the two major political parties in the U.S. will finally have decided what their tickets will be for the

THURSDAY, AUGUST 09 2007 01:53:44 PM With a new movie by the same name opening this weekend, this may be my last chance to talk about the greatest song in American history before its title