Smithsonian’s Shameless Cash Grab

Did the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum sell its soul to the devil this week with the announcement that it would screen the latest Harry Potter flick in its IMAX theater? “The screening decision had nothing to do with education, or enlightenment, or any of the other grand ideals public museums have always been built around… no one is even pretending that this is about anything other than getting as much cash as possible, as quickly as possible.”