No serving leader of any nation (with the possible exception of Russia) has ever named a ship after themselves. It's pretty well the ultimate in imbecilic narcissism. (View Post)

Good conductors know how both to milk a silence, and to command an audience - particularly in a dramatic form like opera. The Messiah is quasi opera, and last weekend we had the orchestra of Opera No… (View Post)

JD Vance is a loon. "France and Britain have nuclear weapons. If they allow themselves to be overwhelmed with destructive moral ideas, then you allow nuclear weapons to fall in the hands of peop… (View Post)

Possibly. Webb has always been a Trump apologist, verging on fanboi; Robinson not so much. (View Post)

Yes. I've sung in the Armed Man a few times. (View Post)