OUTRAGE

AS USUAL, MY ADDICTION TO OUTRAGE RAISED ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN WHEN I HEARD THAT MOZART'S REQUIEM (TO BE PERFORMED LOCALLY) WAS "HAUNTING AND ENIGMATIC." WHAT?  WORDS DESIGNED TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF A LISTENER TO THE AD, I'M SURE, BUT WHAT IS A PERSON TO THINK OR FEEL WHEN TOLD THAT A MUSICAL COMPOSITION ABOUT DEATH BY A CHRISTIAN IS "HAUNTING AND ENIGMATIC."  WAS MOZART'S COMPOSITION MEANT TO EVOKE SUCH EMOTIONS?  I DOUBT IT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I GIVE KUDOS TO RAHM EMMANUEL FOR CALLING THE JUSSIE SMOLLETT TRAVESTY A "WHITEWASH OF JUSTICE."  ONE CAN USUALLY FIND SOME COMMON GROUND WITH THE ENEMY.