Whitney Houston Could Flat Sing

Whitney Houston, the great singer, multiple Grammy award winner, passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at age 48. Whatever her personal and professional struggles in recent years, she could, as some would say, flat sing as in this stunning powerful rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner":

Willem de Kooning Retrospective at MOMA: Exhaustingly Large & Predictably Awe-Inspiring

A Willem de Kooning retrospective is on at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is, according to the New York Times, "exhaustingly comprehensive and predictably awe-inspiring." Read the review, "Unfurling A Life of Creative Exuberance," by Holland Cotter.

Further discussion of de Kooning's work: Seven Eras of Willem de Kooning.

Chamber spends $4 million in three months to secure immunity

Chamber spends $4 million in three months to secure immunity