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A 1911 grand opera enters Trump’s impeachment
Last night I was at the Metropolitan Opera for a performance of Der Rosenkavalier, a Richard Strauss opera I’ll go to whenever it’s performed. That’s how much I love it. Rosenkavalier is a serious romcom set in aristocratic Vienna of … Continue reading
Posted in Impeachment, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Der Rosenkavalier, impeachment, Metropolitan Opera, quid pro quo, Richard Strauss
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Another thought about those “secret hearings”
The Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have been griping publicly about the closed door hearings. They’ve accused Democrats of shutting them out, not releasing transcripts and a whole heap of other wrongs. Well, we all should know this is … Continue reading
Posted in Impeachment, L. Depositions, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged depositions, discovery, House Republicans, impeachment, impeachment hearings, Jim Jordan, Marie Yovanovitch
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Impeachment hearings are all about non-fictional and fictional storytelling
A few months ago I first heard someone on TV talk about “the server in the Ukraine.” It was a Republican congressman talking, and he was behaving in a way I’ve now come to realize is the delivery system for … Continue reading
Posted in Mueller investigation, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged A Spy Among Us, alternative facts, Ben Macintyre, David Cornwell, House Intelligence Committee hearings, impeachment, Jim Jordan, Kim Philby, Mueller report, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Trump
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