• For Whom the Bells Tolled

    At 9:30 this morning, the town of Sandy Hook Connecticut tolled the bells 24 times for the victims of last week’s massacre. The President, to his credit, has stepped up immediately, expressed his feelings, declared that something...

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  • An Unwanted Holiday Present

    The events in Sandy Hook, Connecticut have an eerie familiar feel to them. Troubled youth, young people shot and killed, families mourning, concerned citizens horrified, voters wanting a change in culture, the Republican Party again putting the...

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  • A Rachmaninoff Week-end by Curtis Rittenhouse

    Last week-end I had the opportunity of hearing three major works of Serge Rachmaninoff back-to-back. The week-end started in New York at Avery Fisher Hall where Juraj Valcuha was making his Philharmonic debut. I had heard Valcuha,...

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  • Six other great films about Lincoln

    Our reviewer Dan Walker is on hiatus this week. In his absence we have noted that Lincoln, which he reviewed enthusiastically, has been cropping up on awards list beginning to appear in the month of December.  The...

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  • Happy Birthday Penn Square Post and Press!

    I almost missed it. It was one year ago today I put up the first piece for the Penn Square Post and Press. There was much worrying then about what I was getting in to. I didn’t...

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