“Glee”-ful Lessons

Über-popular television show Glee ended its much-talked-about first season this week. As a former chorus and orchestra geek, I fell in love with this show right from the start, especially once I heard the joyous strains of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” at the end of the first episode. Glee is billed as a comedy show [...]

Having Our Say

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” That’s the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. We like to reference it a lot: when we want to to wear a certain tee-shirt or fly a certain [...]

Apologizing for Truth

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ” – Benjamin Disraeli. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the things we apologize for. It seems to me that we (i.e., people) do a lot of apologizing for our emotions at any given moment. If we’re really happy (like [...]