Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Medicare turns 50 with vigor in Los Angeles
August 3, 2015The slogan of the day was "Medicare: As American as Apple Pie."
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Some extraordinarily special Olympics days in Los Angeles
July 30, 2015The 6,500 athletes are accompanied by their 2,000 coaches, along with 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated 500,000 spectators in attendance.
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Today in history: Earl Robinson, composer of “Joe Hill,” born
July 2, 2015On this date in 1910, composer Earl Robinson was born in Seattle.
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San Francisco Opera scores a hit with “Two Women”
June 29, 2015Listening to Tutino's opera one can imagine that this is what a Puccini of today might be writing: expert and sophisticated, while also aiming for popularity and acceptance.
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Today in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized
June 24, 2015In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.
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A love story for Gay Pride Month, with Confederate flag
June 3, 2015Rick heard my lecture about racism and what that starred and barred flag projected to the world.
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In new play, God comes to Earth, finds his humanity
May 7, 2015So, did you hear the one about God walking into the psychologist's office? That's the premise of "O My God."
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Today in history: Centennial of radical artist Orson Welles
May 6, 2015On this date in 1915, the director and title role star of the classic 1941 film "Citizen Kane" was born.
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