RIP Luciano Pavarotti, The Babe Ruth of Opera

At age 71, Luciano Pavarotti died today at his home in Modena, Italy of pancreatic cancer. He was a brilliant performer whose immense talent and public persona rose above his profession to place him in the pantheon of popular culture. Pavarotti is the single reason...

Afternoon's Tunes – Queen – Happy Birthday, Freddie

It’s Freddie Mercury’s birthday, so, I’m going to say some nice things about him right now. Mercury was amazing. As a front man, he has few rivals, as a singer, I can’t think of anyone in rock who had his range, and as a lyricist, I think he...

Utah Policy Daily Taps Foot On Bathroom Floor For Romney

I couldn’t help but notice a couple of strange Mitt Romney related things today. First: Lisa Wangness of The Boston Globe wrote a little article about RomneyFacts.com, the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s little effort to shed a little light on...

Afternoon's Tunes – Joshua Radin

I played in a band for more than a decade. I always thought (still do) that I was pretty good. I wrote a lot of song, each trying to out emotion the one before in some vain effort to prove that I was not the soulless robot that you all know me as today. I wanted to...