Elections? Equal opportunity. Workplace? Not so much.

When I consider the narrowed field of Democratic presidential candidates, I don’t think that much about them in terms of race or gender. That, to me, is a huge development. Sure, those factors will loom in our final choice. But it’s not everything. And that shows how far we’ve come. You’d think that if we’re [...]

The day classical music mattered

Classical music matters in my household. That’s because my husband, Chris, makes his living in that field, as a professional clarinet player. Before I met Chris, I could not tell a French horn from a flugel horn, Mendelssohn from Mozart, Menuhin from Midori. Okay, I still can’t (but aren’t you impressed that I can spell [...]