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The joy of obituaries
A good obituary not only makes you regret you never ran across its subject, but if it’s really good, you feel like, well, you almost did run into him. Here are some of my favorite sources.
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Camille Paglia's 'Salon' interview
I’ve been mesmerized by Paglia’s capacity to relate the most demotic aspects of our Pop Culture with very esoteric High Culture. She hangs out intellectually with the likes of Bill Maher and Matt Drudge as well as her Yalies. What a talk-show host she could be, if only NPR weren’t so timid.
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Achin' for Eakins? Count me out
The Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is breaking Philadelphia’s heart just as she brokeNew York's. But in light of Philadelphia’s impending theft of the Barnes Foundation from Lower Merion, Philadelphia deserves to lose The Gross Clinic. It deserves to feel what it’s like to be on the other end of grand larceny.
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Bob Knight: Coaching or abusing?
The response of basketball coaches and sports commentators to coach Bobby Knight’s latest abuse demonstrates their implicit contempt for rules, language, and ordinary meaning, which have now become subordinate to fame and revenue-generating potential.
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Public art, private ownership
Yes, “The Gross Clinic” belongs in Philadelphia. But the painting does not belong at Jefferson University and probably should have been moved elsewhere long ago. The onus is not on Thomas Jefferson University; it’s on local public leaders and private wealth. Mayor Street’s well-intentioned rescue strategy will harm, not help, those efforts.
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Public art, private ownership
Yes, “The Gross Clinic” belongs in Philadelphia. But the painting does not belong at Jefferson University and probably should have been moved elsewhere long ago. The onus is not on Jefferson; it’s on local public leaders and private wealth. Mayor Street’s well-intentioned rescue strategy will harm, not help, those efforts.
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A 'Gross' malpractice
One question for the Jefferson trustees who secretly decided to ship “The Gross Clinic” to Arkansas: Is this the way good citizens behave?
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Jefferson sells "The Gross Clinic'
Why all the fuss about selling “The Gross Clinic”? Let’s look on the bright side and think about all the other cultural treasures Philadelphia could unload as well.
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Art Museum anoints Frank Gehry
First the Art Museum opened its sacred space to Rocky. Now it’s inviting Frank Gehry, with his Computer Aided Design schtick. Let’s hear it for another egotist with a Jesus complex: This architect thinks he can turn water into wine.
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Cool to Calders
Three generations of sculpting Calders are Philadelphia’s hidden pride and joy. The two most recent generations are another story. Here's a modest solution.
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