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ENDNOTES, February 2019
ENDNOTES, February 2019 In this edition: choral music by Rautavaara, orchestral music by Künneke, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) enjoyed fame in Britain in the latter part of his life. His orchestral music – semi-romantic and Sibelius-infused – … Continue reading
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Tagged Cantus Arcticus, Künneke, Letta Wennäkoski, Rautavaara
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Grammys: Great Music it was Not
Grammys: Great Music it was Not by IIana Mercer I used to respect Lady Gaga. With all her pretentious Yoko Onanisms, Stefani Germanotta (Gaga’s real name) is a hard-working and, at times, polished singer. But to watch Gaga, at the 61st Grammy … Continue reading
The Asylum Racket
The Asylum Racket by Ilana Mercer The Wall is crucial, but it’s not everything. Caravans of human cargo are filing into the United States because … they can. U.S. law allows it, even invites it. Here’s how: provided you’re not … Continue reading
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Tagged Flores Settlement Agreement, Ilana Mercer, Raise Act, Steve Camarota
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Cell Phones
Cell Phones by Bill Hartley The governor of a women’s prison once confided that she preferred middle aged men for her senior management team and that she was prepared to fly in the face of Equal Opportunities to get them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Lord Farmer, Prison Service, William Hartley
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Kát’a Kabanová
Kát’a Kabanová Opera in three acts; music by Leoš Janáček, libretto by Leoš Janáček based on a Czech translation of Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky’s play The Thunderstorm, orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner, direction by Richard Jones, Royal Opera, Monday 4th February … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Majeski, Christopher Wintle, Kát'a Kabanová, Leos Janáček, Richard Jones
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Celebrating Poland
Celebrating Poland Mark Wegierski writes from Toronto A flurry of Polish-related events in Toronto was engendered by the 100th anniversary of the regaining of Polish independence (November 11, 1918). After 123 years of harsh foreign occupation by Tsarist Russia, Prussia/Germany, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blinded by the Lights, Canadian Polonia, Warsaw 44
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Private Colleges to Revive the Humanities
Private Colleges to Revive the Humanities by Mark Wegierski The liberal arts in Canada currently face a multi-pronged assault. Given the clamor for a narrowly conceived “market” and “economic” ethic, they are taught less and less, in favor of business, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ave Maria University, Liberal Arts, Mark Wegierski, Private Colleges
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It’s their Skin Color, Stupid
It’s their Skin Color, Stupid Ilana Mercer, on the Covington kids When Catholic Bishop Roger Joseph Foys saw a Catholic boy with a beatific smile, standing athwart an agitated, Amerindian elder and smiling in that pacifist, sweetly Christian way—he and the Diocese … Continue reading
The Violence against Women Industry
The Violence against Women Industry by Ilana Mercer Speaking recently to Fox News’ Arthel Neville, Andrew Napolitano repeated the feminist canards about sexual assault against women being an under-reported, ever-present crime in American society. The violence-against-women industry in North America—you know, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News, Ilana Mercer, Violence Against Women, Wendy McElroy
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The Sex Factor
The Sex Factor The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich, Victoria Bateman, 2019, Polity Press, 226pp. Pb, reviewed by ED DUTTON Cambridge University Fellow of Economics Dr Victoria Bateman (born 1979) is notorious for her nude protests. The … Continue reading →
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