‘Billy Bigelow’ is the lead male character in the musical Carousel.  He is a carnival barker…a “carny.”  He is a braggart and a loudmouth who is always ready for a fight.  He is a liar and a thief.  He is the man that no one should ever be in a relationship with but the one...

I’m sickened by what is playing out in the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh.  When I entered Princeton in 1983, I was forced to navigate among classmates who came from his world and places like it.  But, I had no preparation for it.  I did not attend a prep school, so when I was suddenly...