by Dahlia | Mar 28, 2018 | Journal
There is a lot going on. I could spend entire days following the news and still feel like I was missing several important things. There is no question that it can feel as if we are in a boat rapidly gaining holes every time we turn away. In our mad rush to empty the...
by Dahlia | Jan 29, 2018 | Journal
On December 19, 2017, federal officials ended a moratorium imposed three years ago on funding research that alters germs to make them more lethal, writes Donald McNeil. In an article published for the New York Times, McNeil explains that while critics caution that...
by Dahlia | Oct 18, 2017 | Journal
Confession: I am sick of hearing about Harvey Weinstein. It’s not that I support the perpetual harassment and objectification of women, it’s just that the selective focus of the whole situation makes me want to scream. Why Harvey? Why now? After all, our...
by Dahlia | Oct 16, 2017 | Journal
I’ve been telling myself over the last few days that I need to write a blog. As the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment/assault/rape scandal appears to rock Los Angeles, as well as (perhaps) the rest of the United States, and woman after woman steps forward to...
by Dahlia | Sep 3, 2017 | Journal
I’m not a “Swiftie.” There is an occasional Taylor Swift song that I won’t move past if it’s on the radio, but I was hardly inconvenienced by the absence of her music on Spotify. That said, I feel compelled to speak up in defense of...
by Dahlia | Aug 17, 2017 | Journal
Where are our protest songs? I recently watched the film London Town, a coming-of-age drama set in 1970s London and directed by Derrick Borte. It reminded me of what music could do, of what music is supposed to do. In the film, Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone), is a...
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