Drakes Island, Wells, Maine. December 26, 2025. A cold winter day in Maine.

Cold and snowy in southern Maine.

‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller Throws a Fit Over 'Revolt' of ‘60 Minutes’ Producers Against Bari Weiss www.commondreams.org/news/stephen... Miller is a sick individual.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u... This story made physically ill. Mr. Miller is a racist. And very dangerous.

Spinning now, the charming Chopin mazurkas played by Fou Ts'ong, another superb pianist rarely heard on the air here in the good ole U S of A.

Spinnig now, Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater,' with the incomparable Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, led by Christopher Hogwood. There are many recordings of this work, among them one with Sandrine Piau and Christopher Lowrey, with Les Talens Lyriques, led by Christopher Rousset.

Spinning now, some Mozart string quartets played by this exciting French group, Quatuor Ébène.

Mr. Trump would be comfortable with Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan as his sidekicks.

Spinning now, Murray Perahia's recording of Schubert's sonatas 958, 959, and 960. In a very short period of time, Schubert produced these most remarkable piano works, with D960 being a piece one can listen to hundreds of times and never cease to be shaken to the core.

Spinning now, Elisabeth Leonskaja, The Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas. Stunning. 6 CDs. Another rarely heard artist on the American airwaves.

Spinning now.

@celesteheadlee.bsky.social Please forgive the intrusion, but I was just thrilled to see your post. By the way, the recording of the Afro-American Symphony which I consider the best is on Bridge Records in 1999, recorded in 1965, and beautifully remastered. Royal Philharmonic, Karl Kruger.

Thanks for the great information about your grandfather. I have many recordings of his work in my collection.

GOP Senators Blasted for Voting to 'Spike Healthcare Costs for Millions' www.commondreams.org/news/aca-sub... Insanity thy name is Republican.

Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i... Capitalism is a failure. Isn't it obvious?

Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a... A visionary.

The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o... Ordinarily, I don't agree with Tom Friedman on much, but here he really points out the absurdity of the Trump approach to Russia.

www.commondreams.org/news/netanya... Two war criminals...

Just now listening to the phenomenal Marc Minkowski's recording of Handel's 'Dixit Dominus' and other works, with a splendid cast, and Les Musiciens du Louvre. With Magdalena Kožená and Annick Massis.

Our Christmas cactus in bloom now. It blooms twice a year.

Trump Administration Live Updates: House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Seeking Release of Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11... Next stop for Trump, federal prison.

Just now listening again to my collection of Claudio Arrau. I'm beginning to think he was superior to just about any other pianist in the modern era.

I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o... Bombing boats supposedly carrying drugs will never stop America's drug addiction problem. Trump and Hegseth might get a kick out of it, but it's just dumb to do this.

A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... The results of climate change are not always so obvious, but here they are tragic.

Listening now to the rather neglected these days, splendid playing of Annie Fischer, on the 9-volume collection of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. Recorded with the great label Hungaroton.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c... The reasons for the rising cost of electricity is much more complicated than alluded to by Mr. Bessent.

Trump's $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments Would Explode the Deficit by Nearly $4 Trillion Over a Decade www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum... Two and two makes five. Wait, you didn't know that?

'Absolutely Pathetic': Senate Democrats Denounced for Caving to GOP in Shutdown Fight www.commondreams.org/news/democra... The Republicans won, the Democrats caved. Trump must be happy.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u... Would you buy a used car from this man?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I hated Bill Gates' statements about climate change. As George has said in the past, capitalism is the main problem.

Aced it.

As Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck, Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk's $1 Trillion Package www.commondreams.org/news/elon-mu... This is laissez-faire capitalism at its worst. Nobody is worth that much, especially someone who has caused so much pain to so many workers.

'As Ugly and Cruel As It Gets': Trump Fights Order to Fully Fund November SNAP Benefits www.commondreams.org/news/nov-sna... Incredible that he can get away with this.

Voodoo economics, as someone once said.

'Major Victory': Federal Judge Orders Trump to Fully Fund November SNAP Benefits www.commondreams.org/news/nov-sna... Of course, a great decision. Trump wanted to starve the poor and needy, now he has been ordered to pay the SNAP benefits in full. Immediately.

Just found this at my local library sale, 1 dollar. Great recording, fine performance. I don't think we hear much of Kovacevich on the classical stations here.

Average SNAP Recipient to See 61% Aid Cut—and Millions Will Lose All Benefits—Under Trump Plan www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s... The administration doesn't care about people who need these benefits. 'Let them eat cake.'

Backed by Platner Campaign, Maine Voters Reject GOP-Led Attack on Absentee Voting www.commondreams.org/news/questio...

Is this the beginning of the 'Reign of Terror' in the US? He won't go quietly, that's for sure.

'Hope Is Alive!' Mamdani Victory in NYC Seen as Historic Turning Point www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-... What a day, what a victory! Maybe, just maybe, we may be on the way to a new beginning.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11... Yes!!!!

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u... Has Trump ever gone hungry, ever been without a meal, without shelter, without ANYTHING except his gold? What a terrible excuse for a human being.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b... Must read her new books.

Mr. Trump should be impeached. He is a clear and present danger to our democracy. Our representatives need to step up before we lose everything.

Despite Court Rulings, Trump Refuses to Pay Out Food Stamp Benefits to Tens of Millions www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d... The perverse cruelty of the Trump administration is clearly self-serving and insane.

With Food Aid Suspended for Millions of Families, Trump Brags of 'Statuary Marble' Bathroom Makeover www.commondreams.org/news/trump-l... Surreal. When 41.7% of the U.S. population receives SNAP benefits every month, 12.3% of the total number of citizens, Trump brags about his new shitter.

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... I thought Albert Speer was the architect.

She needs to be confirmed. Simple as that.

Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o... Trump doesn't care about anything except money and power. If that seems obvious, it surely is very dangerous in the person of this president.