Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

Take a break from the horrors of the world as commented upon in this blog, and enjoy this little video, made known to me by my cousin Henry, of two greats meeting one another, Walt Disney and Serge Prokofiev. The composer plays snatches from his piece for children, an accompaniment to the Russian folk tale,Continue reading “Prokofiev meets Disney via Пе́тя и волк, or Peter and the Wolf”

Douglas Murray, of the New York Post, in his latest column, gives us a good account of the latest so-called conservative to turn against Donald Trump, the wretched Tucker Carlson. In these eyes, there is no loss as I have always regarded Carlson as, to use an  underused word, a larrykin of the first rank.Continue reading “A two-time loser and his friends”

Not just any actor, either. Rather, the estimable, outrageously comic John Cleese, who has a warning for England. With Mr Cleese’s warning, let us hope more people in the UK, US, and everywhere else in the civilized world, who up to now have been ambivalent, dismissive, or even ignorant of the evils of Islam, willContinue reading “Here’s a rarity: an actor who gets it”

From the New York Post Iranian police commander pleads with Israeli agent ‘please come help us’ in dramatic leaked call A senior Iranian police commander recently told an agent of Israel’s renowned Mossad intelligence service “I swear on the Koran I’m not your enemy” and begged the Jewish state to “please come help us” overthrowContinue reading “An unlikely headline for some, but not all”

One of the small tragedies of war is the friendships that may suffer from it. An old and dear friend of many years, one whose encouragement of my blogging is a major reason why the Taos Tatler is still around, have pretty much seen eye to eye on matters religious and political. Recently, however, weContinue reading “In defense of an ogre who happens to be our president”

Meet Yuja Wang, whom people I respect say is a superb concert pianist. Likely so, but I will have to listen to her play myself. Noteworthy in this reel however, is not her playing, but how this concert artist dresses for a performance. It speaks for itself. What a pity; old-school concert dress, white tieContinue reading “Allegro quasi bordello”

Below is an excerpt from the opinion of  Judge Lawrence VanDyk in a recent decision of the 9th Circuit of Appeals against a rehearing of the case. Regrettably, it is a dissenting option. The estimable website proprietor Peter St Onge Ph.D, has written a better introduction to the opening of the dissent than this bloggerContinue reading “A voice of sanity with a touch of the ribald in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals”

لقد تغيرت الأوقات Father Rutler sent the link below, with an accompanying note, which follows: Muslims will not like this. They would have preferred the good old days with von Karajan conducting the Horst-Wessel Lied. This link is to an item on Norman Lebrecht’s splendid website, Slipped Disc with news that the Munich Philharmonic hasContinue reading

In a posting yesterday I wondered if a Detroit Democratic party official who quit her position, and the party itself, because of its anti-Christian positions, marked the beginning of a mass exodus from the party. While there is no solid evidence of an exodus yet, there is ample evidence of party members running scared. TheContinue reading “Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Democratic party?”

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has declined to renew conductor Andris Nelsons’s contract. The orchestra management offered the following explanation why. (Readers are invited to decipher.) [T]he decision to not renew his contract was made by the BSO’s board of trustees because, beyond our shared desire to ensure our orchestra continues to perform at the highestContinue reading “Andris Nelson, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is not rehired.”