Essential Politics: On the Chinese spy balloon fiasco
WASHINGTON — Most people’s ideas about how espionage works come from Hollywood. The big car chases, funky disguises and intense fight scenes that fill blockbuster movies…
Essential Arts: L.A. isn’t known for its booming chamber music scene — but it should be
Rain has endowed Los Angeles and its environs lately with an explosion of verdant green, and, as if on cue, the arts scene this early…
Essential Politics: What Joe Biden wants you to know
WASHINGTON — President Biden really wants you to know about the bills he has signed: the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction…
Commentary: How Julia Bullock became an essential soprano
On the first 20 seconds of her first solo recording, “Walking in the Dark,” Julia Bullock sings: “When out of men’s hearts, hate is hurled…
Essential Politics: Can Taylor Swift unite Washington?
WASHINGTON — When I tell people that I secured two tickets for Taylor Swift‘s stadium tour, they are shocked. Getting into her long-awaited “Eras Tour” was…