Daniel Altman
Health Care a la Contract
Sure, the Congress and its Contract With/On America bulldozed through a lot of legislation last spring. But compared to this
TELEPHONE BLUES
What do Microsoft and the Harvard Student Telephone Office (HSTO) have in common? They both had lots of steaming customers
SUMMER DARTBOARD
WILD, WACKY STUFF IN WASHINGTON Did somebody spike the drinking water in the offices of this country's senior legislative body?
Previn and Ax Merge Insight, Resolve
Boston Symphony Orchestra André Previn, guest conductor Emanuel Ax, piano at Tanglewood The summer concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Shackles of Inhumanity
A s the debate over the death penalty reached its peak in Massachusetts this week, concern for an issue of
Touring The Idiot Box
Now that finals are over (for me, anyway), I might have time to engage in that distinctly American pastime--watching television.
Gardner Grows Fresh Beethoven And Bartok
Chamber Concert April 30 T he Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closed out this year's concert season on April 30 with
The Passive Nation
The greatest problem facing the nation today is not drugs, crime, AIDS or poverty. The most dire threat to our
DARTBOARD
BOLDLY THEY ASSAILED US... Perhaps you've heard the scuttlebut, perhaps you've even seen the advertisements. First the Undergraduate Council tried
The Beguiling Bottle
I'm not what you'd call a typical drinker. But then again, no one wants to be a typical anything. My
A Seder's Modern Lessons
I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce to non-Jews a crucial part of the Passover seder. Midway through the
DARTBOARD
SAYING NOTHING Perhaps the lowest common denominator in popular culture is the movie title. Producers and distributors try desperately to
Recipe For Disaster
Ask any Republican member of Congress what's wrong with this country, and you'll get the same answer: big government. Return
Dynamic Barromeo is Museum Treasure
CONCERT Borromeo Quartet at the lsabella Stuart Gardner Museum The Borromeo Quartet, Boston's young bid for chamber music superiority, gave
Back In the Cold
When the Iron Curtain fell at the beginning of this decade, many optimists hoped that the world's complex web of
