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Arts and state

• 10.15.09
  Coordinated message
  Arts and state, Bash the Messenger (0)

  Next thing you know, Hollywood is going to "coordinate" a message promoting marital fidelity -- the straight, monogamous variety -- in its movies and TV shows. The above is the comment I posted in response to an article titled "Part II: Obama Controls Your Televison Set — Search and Ye Shall Find…Left-Wing Advocacy"
  
  
• 02.22.09
  Can the arts community survive?
  Arts and state, Bash the Messenger (0)

  I was concerned when I saw the lead headline on the Sunday Kalamazoo Gazette: "Can the arts community survive?" It's an article about government funding for the arts. Then I read more closely and realized that it did not say, "Can the arts survive?" Whew.