So why is Glenn Beck using a logo that has clear origins in the Communist/socialist movement? Is Glenn Beck a Communist?
Tag: 09.13.09
Family Demands Return Of A Vermeer
“The Austrian Culture Ministry revealed earlier in September that it has received a formal request for the restitution of The Art of Painting by 17th century Flemish master Johannes Vermeer, which has been displayed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum since 1946.”
Proposed Harsh New File-sharing Penalties Divide Music Industry
“For the industry as a whole, the more people hear music the better. For a so-called creative industry we are being very uncreative in the way we approach this topic.”
Report: Be Careful What You Believe About Those Documentaries
“The report found that documentarians, while they generally aspire to act honorably, often operate under ad hoc ethical codes. The craft tends to see itself as being bound less by the need to be accurate and fair than by a desire for social justice, to level the playing field between those who are perceived to be powerful and those who are not.”
The Great Felines Of The London Stage
These five critters weren’t animal actors (like the black cat who plays a key role in The Lieutenant of Inishmore), but they were well-known and well-loved residents of West End theatres.
Holland Cotter Wants To Stop The Blockbuster Exhibition Madness
“It started decades ago as a publicity stunt and quickly became an addiction for audiences and museums alike. African art, Armani, motorcycles, Matisse – who cared hat as long as there was a lot. … I can’t think of any good reason for the museum to be renting acres of Turners or Courbets ever again.”
N.C. Ballet Dancer Killed In Drunk Driving Incident
“Raymond Dwight Cook, [a surgeon and medical school professor] of Raleigh, has been charged with death by motor vehicle, driving under the influence, failure to reduce speed and careless and reckless driving, after he crashed into the car of Elena Shapiro of the Carolina Ballet.”
J.G. Ballard’s Towering Achievement
Jonathan Lethem: “Each of Ballard’s 98 short stories is like a dream more perfectly realized than any of your own. … [He’s] a bard of techno-anomie, of late-capitalist disaffection, … Yet Ballard at his best never seems to load the dice against humanity. He merely rolls them.”
Race, ‘A Subject On Which It Is Near Impossible To Tell The Truth’
David Mamet: “[In race, as in sex,] desire, self-interest and self-image make the truth inconvenient to share not only with strangers (who may, legitimately or not, be viewed as opponents) but also with members of one’s own group, and, indeed, with oneself.”
Getting Inside A Dog’s Worldview
“Dogs, it seems, are Aristotelians, but with their own doggy teleology. Their goals are not only radically different from ours; they are often invisible to us. To get a better view, [cognitive scientist Alexandra] Horowitz proposes that we humans get down intellectually on all fours and start sniffing.”