Audiences Are Audiences.

Must We Be Put To Shame By Much Smaller And Poorer Countries, By Ireland, France, Austria Or Sweden, Who Have Understood That A Nation's Support Of Its Arts Is A Matter Of Both National Pride And Cultural Survival?

Throughout My Life I Have Cared As Deeply About The Songs Of All Peoples As I Have About The Rights Of All Peoples.

But There Is A Difference Here: When Jewish Children Are Murdered, Arabs Celebrate The Deed. The Death Of An Arab Child Is No Cause For Celebration In Israel.

One Might Have Thought The World Would Stop Ascribing Moral Equivalence Between Acts Of Terrorism And Acts Of Punishing Terrorism. It Has Not Happened That Way.

Although I Am Deeply Grateful To A Great Many People, I Forgo The Temptation Of Naming Them For Fear That I Might Slight Any By Omission.