Benefit Concert
February 15th, 2009 by Ruben · No Comments
I’m off to Prague
March 3rd, 2006 by Ruben · No Comments
We are both off on a 5 day jaunt to Prague with our niece. Planning to see Don Giovanni at the Estates Theater in Prague on the occasion of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations. I’ll be taking lots of pictures, as apparently this is mecca for Mozart lovers. This is where Don Giovanni had [...]
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On cartoons and civilization
February 4th, 2006 by Ruben · No Comments
From the Washington Post, an interesting article on the brouhaha arising from newspaper caricatures.
The article provides some thought-proking commentary on the 12 caricatures appearing in a Danish newspaper.
On sacrilege:
…We may cluck about the lack of freedom in Iran, but we have grown very orthodox about the way we speak of religion in our own public [...]
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