It has often been said that a one-inch snowfall is enough to shut down Washington, DC. That may be true, but it’s nothing like the tragic shutdown of I-95 in…
Author: Paul Arveson
A Humble Musical Proposal
As a complete amateur but a lover of music, I have for about half a lifetime had only one musical desire: to hear Stravinsky’s Mass transcribed for organ and sung…
Levels of Meaning
(My first blog post.) I wanted to go to this Italian opera. I don’t know Italian, but I have a friend, Dr. Bellini, who is an internist and an opera…
Martin Luther and the Plague
In May 2020 a doctor friend of mine posted this comment somewhere: “As a medical professional with a public health degree, I would encourage you to heed the advice of…