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Book Review: Richard A. Posner — A Rare Judge Who Tells Us How He Really Feels

August 14, 2017
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Why didn’t a legal mind as brilliant as Richard Posner’s get to the Supreme Court? One suspects his candor and bluntness.

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Fuse Flash: Pollock Research Fractured?

November 27, 2007
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According to a report in ScienceDaily, more surprises may be in store for those following the Pollock-Matter controversies. The award-winning website, which specializes in breaking developments in scientific research, has announced that Case Western Reserve University physicist Lawrence Krauss will be among the invited guests to a New York symposium this week on scientific studies…

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Jazz Album Review: “That’s What Happened, 1982-1985” — Miles Davis Makes up for Lost Time

October 4, 2022
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This three-disc set provides a fascinating look behind the curtain at one of the great bandleaders in jazz history putting together his groups, seeing what they can do from multiple angles, and building a new musical concept from scratch.

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Poetry Review: “The Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett” — Castings

October 28, 2014
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Have we been missing a major poet while we celebrated a great dramatist and the most influential fiction writer of the second half of the twentieth century?

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Visual Arts Review: Homage to “The Gunshine State” — The Met Museum Hosts Photos by Anastasia Samoylova and Walker Evans 

November 13, 2024
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In this illuminating show you’ll recognize the state that (for now) is home to Donald Trump and was the habitat for Jeffrey Epstein and a wide range of other dangerous creatures.

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Musician Interview: Cappella Clausura Explores the Light Amidst the Darkness

November 12, 2024
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Among Artistic Director Holly Druckman’s goals is to turn Cappella Clausura into a “very serious player in the Boston early-music-new music scene.”

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Book Review: “A Fan’s Life” — A Species of Madness?

November 16, 2022
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In A Fan’s Life, Paul Campos makes a valiant stab at reconciling his avowedly progressive views on American politics and iconoclastic intellectual pursuits with his lifelong obsession with spectator sports.

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Concert Review: Dead & Company’s “Final Tour” at Fenway — Into Uncharted Territory on Saturday

June 27, 2023
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There was nothing sloppy about the band’s searching and probing: the members of Dead & Company were perfectly locked into each other, were enjoying the musical exchanges being made in the moment.

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Film Review: “Cade: The Tortured Crossing” — The Weird Uncle Crankery of Neil Breen

November 25, 2023
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Simply put, there’s nothing (and no one) out there quite like what Neil Breen is putting out into the world, and for that alone, we should be grateful.

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Film Review: “2nd Chance” – A Memorable American Con Artist

February 3, 2022
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With Richard Davis, director Ramin Bahrani found an old-fashioned fraud, a paunchy American grifter worthy of a story by Mark Twain.

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