In Sure and Certain Hope was written in 2006, and dedicated to several family members who died during the last two years. Although the bulk of the musical material is newly composed, the work also draws on existing compositions written during the...

This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts,...