S.C. Legislature To Colleges: If You’re Gonna Teach Lesbianism, We’ll Make You Teach ‘American Ideals’

After having assigned, respectively, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and the anthology Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio, “the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina-Upstate will have to spend $52,000 and $17,000, respectively, to teach the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents, ‘including the study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals’.”

Turmoil At North Miami Museum Of Contemporary Art

“The dispute between the city and the museum, which has landed in court, erupted when the museum’s trustees proposed a merger with the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach. Museum of Contemporary Art officials said they are considering leaving North Miami, with the 600-piece collection, because it has outgrown its tiny home in the heart of the downtown business district.”

How The Internet Is Hurting The Art Of Reading

When we do read, “there are more breaks, ever more frequent stops and restarts, more input from elsewhere, fewer refuges where the mind can settle. It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption. Hence more and more energy is required to stay in contact with a book, particularly something long and complex.”

Threats To Free Public TV In The US?

“Public broadcasting officials worry that universities and states, including New Jersey, that hold public station licenses but are not primarily broadcasters may decide to give up some or all of their spectrum and use the proceeds for other needs, such as unfunded pension liabilities.”