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John Kennedy

Music Review: Boston Pops Salutes Our Heroes

Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Pops, celebrating its 125th anniversary, is devoting its third week of programs (May 18-22) to “American Heroes”—both living and dead. The most newsworthy feature is a new cantata entitled “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers.” Pops conductor Keith Lockhart addressed brief remarks to the audience […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Arlo Guthrie, Brian Stokes Mitchel, Calwell Titcomb, Cherry Jones, Ed Harris, Edward Kennedy, John Kennedy, John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Morgan Freeman, Peter Boyer, Robert De Niro, Robert Kennedy, The Boston Pops, Will LeBow

Short Fuse: What If(s)?

Counterfactual thinking came to my mind while watching a documentary about the Kennedy clan that ran on public television after Ted Kennedy died. By Harvey Blume When Niall Ferguson is not slugging it out with Paul Krugman about whether deficit spending by the Obama administration will wreck the economy, as he swears it will, or […]

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: counterfactual, John Kennedy, Kennedys, Niall-Ferguson, Short Fuse, Ted Kennedy, Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals

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