Louis Roney

Louis Roney: Odds to an end

It occurs to me how lonely my life would be if I confined my friendships solely to Conservatives….

An English acquaintance of many years born to considerable affluence has political opinions that are consistently Left wing.

Louis Roney: Our heroes, past and present

Let's think of those heroes past and present who fought so that we can all be free Americans today.

When I was a kid, my father was more than my dad — he was my No. 1 “hero.”

Louis Roney: Forward — to what?

“Forward” is the word ominously chosen by President Barack Obama as his campaign slogan this year.

America’s President Obama has been called a “Communist” by people privy to his innermost thoughts.

Louis Roney: The best of all possible happenings

The theater at Trinity Prep School in Winter Park continues to be the setting for a great many exhibitions of what fine natural histrionic talent and wise guidance can accomplish.

That high school students would tackle a work on the level of Bernstein’s “Candide” is remarkable in itself.

Louis Roney: The green-eyed monster

Jealousy is the most unrewarding of human emotions — no one wins anything from it.

“Man wants but little here on earth, but that little is too often what another man has.”

Louis Roney: Take a note …

Washington politicians are profiting mightily by trading stocks that are affected by political actions.

Why do we show famous paintings of naked women to grammar school classes as great art, and at the same time find photos of nude women pornographic?

Louis Roney: American Democracy

The fact that the vote of a highly intelligent person could be invalidated by the bought vote of an illiterate disenchanted people then as it still may do today.

The long and short of it was that democracy’s reliance upon the masses of common people was equivalent to building a large edifice on an unstable foundation.

Review: Chanticleer charms again

Harmony like no other

Chanticleer lived up to its reputation as “America’s premier vocal ensemble.”

Louis Roney: ‘Musica Proibita’

Soon I had learned the song in Italian, by rote, though I did not understand a word.

In the mind of every mature artist resides a memory that was the beginning of his art, an inspiration that grew into an all-encompassing passion.

Louis Roney: Helena (original fiction)

Physically, I was extremely careful to keep my relationship with Helena at arms length.

I met Helena Stratas the day she and my brother Desmond married in Westport.

Louis Roney: Xanadu if you Khan

If our court decides that a citizen can be ordered to buy an item — what disaster comes next?

My b.w. and I went to Tallahassee for two days last week to complete a project started some years ago by our dear friend, the late U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins.

Louis Roney: The extra mile

I came from a family where giving people a little more than they asked for was a moral duty.

In New Orleans, my mother used to buy from a local bakery where a dozen rolls included a 13th roll as “lagniappe.”

Review: Takács Quartet at Rollins

Bach concert review

The Takács Quartet plus a piano played a varied concert of Schubert, Ravel and Shostakovich in Tiedtke Hall at Rollins College.

Louis Roney: War, politics and other recollections

I guess I’m seeking a plain “Tin Lizzie” when the Chevrolet has become a complicated chrome-plated behemoth.

War, politics and other recollections

Minnesota Orchestra plays great music

A great orchestra plays great music to great effect

Louis Roney: Slugs, snails and puppy dog tales

People hung the biggest diamondback rattlesnakes they had killed — some were 6- or 7-feet long! — on a fence in West Winter Park.

How many times come and go that leave their unique memories forever engraved in the back of one’s mind?

Louis Roney: Assorted sorties

We phoned our Winter Park home and were told that during the night the temperature had hit 19 degrees and our outside pipes had burst!

Assorted sorties

Louis Roney: Hero around my corner

Arno Heller and I were in World War II, but it was only recently that I learned that he was a true hero.

For many years I lived on Central Park South in New York City and traded often in a wonderful deli around the corner on Sixth Avenue.

Louis Roney: Valentine thoughts

Every man should have a wife — preferably his own.

My b.w., Joy, is a lot more than an extra rib of mine! She is an extra heart, and an extra brain.

Louis Roney: Take your pick

As a boy, I saw much of Winter Park from the water while paddling my canoe through the lakes and canals.

The excellent Minnesota Symphony Orchestra with its first-rate conductor Osmo Vanska and Midori violinist soloist, will play a special concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 9.

Louis Roney: The years stack up

Many well wishes arrived on my 91st. I try not to seem old despite the astronomical number.

Many well wishes arrived on my 91st.

Review: Manhattan Brass at Rollins

Quintet is plenty brassy

The Manhattan Brass quintet offered a modicum of non-jarring melodic music perhaps to repay those who politely endured as much noise as five healthy brassists can manage.

Play On!: Louis Roney

Rollins College and its colorful President Hamilton Holt were an unusual local phenomenon.

Remembrance of a town past

Play On!: Louis Roney

Before many more Obama days, our armed forces may be relatively what they were before World War II.

Semper Paratus?

Stories by Louis

It occurs to me how lonely my life would be if I confined my friendships solely to Conservatives….

Let's think of those heroes past and present who fought so that we can all be free Americans today.

“Forward” is the word ominously chosen by President Barack Obama as his campaign slogan this year.

The theater at Trinity Prep School in Winter Park continues to be the setting for a great many exhibitions of what fine natural histrionic talent and wise guidance can accomplish.

Jealousy is the most unrewarding of human emotions — no one wins anything from it.

Washington politicians are profiting mightily by trading stocks that are affected by political actions.

The fact that the vote of a highly intelligent person could be invalidated by the bought vote of an illiterate disenchanted people then as it still may do today.

Harmony like no other

Soon I had learned the song in Italian, by rote, though I did not understand a word.

Physically, I was extremely careful to keep my relationship with Helena at arms length.

If our court decides that a citizen can be ordered to buy an item — what disaster comes next?

I came from a family where giving people a little more than they asked for was a moral duty.

Bach concert review

I guess I’m seeking a plain “Tin Lizzie” when the Chevrolet has become a complicated chrome-plated behemoth.

People hung the biggest diamondback rattlesnakes they had killed — some were 6- or 7-feet long! — on a fence in West Winter Park.

We phoned our Winter Park home and were told that during the night the temperature had hit 19 degrees and our outside pipes had burst!

Arno Heller and I were in World War II, but it was only recently that I learned that he was a true hero.

Every man should have a wife — preferably his own.

As a boy, I saw much of Winter Park from the water while paddling my canoe through the lakes and canals.

Many well wishes arrived on my 91st. I try not to seem old despite the astronomical number.

Quintet is plenty brassy

Rollins College and its colorful President Hamilton Holt were an unusual local phenomenon.

Before many more Obama days, our armed forces may be relatively what they were before World War II.

People who think that an attractive woman can steal a man from his wife are kidding themselves.

I'm being inducted by the governor into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame on March 21 in Tallahassee.

New word: Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing.

Christmases came. Christmases went. Mr. Natale’s mouth never sang any more songs.

What would the world be if the U.S. were a ferociously aggressive dictatorship instead of the most benign great nation in the history of this Earth?

I think I’ve got “age-activated attention deficit disorder,” but I’m not sure.

Obama is poised in a position to continue to do us all great harm.

Above all, I am grateful for my wife who sees mostly the good in me but who pulls no punches when she thinks I am out of line.

Richard Stoltzman gave a lesson in what can be done with a clarinet if you love it and spend your life exploring its potential.

In many ways, Roger Nofsinger will be missed and hard to replace in all of them.

The beauty produced by singing is its art, and its art is the realization of that beauty.

Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.

The principal thing that made me mistrust Jordan was his inability ever to look me in the eye for more than a nervous moment.

Betty Wilson, wife of Sloan (“The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit”) Wilson, just sent us a book Sloan wrote that we hadn’t read…

To preserve peace one must be strong. Weakness invites attack, for the attacker is granted time and sees less risk.

After the death of FDR, I got to know Margaret Truman in New York during my vocal days.

When you reach my age, you realize that everything you’ve got, you gotta give to someone rather soon.

It seems funny to me that all of us are so highly critical of life, and yet we’d rather be alive than dead.

My usefulness to him has come to an end. Oscar Wilde said it best: “No good turn goes unpunished.”

In their 20s, young men are uniquely equipped for love and war.

Napoleon said, “China is a sleeping giant …. When she wakes, she will shake the world.” Now an awakened China’s business is growing at nearly 10 percent.

Starting out with a healthy respect for human love sets the stage for happiness far ahead.

During WWII, American super-patriotism was in the air wherever Americans, uniformed or civilians, gathered.

A good day is all you’re going to get. Doing everything possible to make it good is the trick.

"Let Him speak historically for himself, without any help from 2,000 years of editors and embellishers."

One wonders if a city would build a football stadium without teams to play in it.