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Capt. James Rorimer, one of the real-life Monuments Men, oversees American GIs recovering paintings looted by the Nazis and stored at Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany.

'Ainadamar' and 'The Monuments Men'

Is art worth dying for?

Two very different recent works, the opera Ainadamar and the film The Monuments Men, ask essentially the same questions: Is art worth dying for? Does civilization depend on the presence of the arts?

Naomi Orwin

Feb 25, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

Arresting the viewer's (or listener's) attention: Kevin Costner in "The Untouchables."

What is the artist's job?

Provocation or creation?

The artist needs to attract attention to his or her work, but there needs to be something worth paying attention to.

Kile Smith

Feb 19, 2014 Essays 2 minute read

Ten reasons to be grumpy on Valentine’s Day

Whether you're in a relationship or not, there's plenty to be cranky about on February 14.

Alaina Johns

Feb 13, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

My Open Letter to People Who Write Open Letters

Nothing is more mouthwatering than a public dressing-down. To share your indignation and savor the complex schadenfreude of imagining your target imagining me reading your Open Letter is a heady brew indeed.

Alaina Johns

Feb 10, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

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When bedbugs attack

Life holds many unexpected dramas, big and small.

Anndee Hochman

Feb 03, 2014 Essays 6 minute read

On becoming a performer

Study in A Minor for Voice, Solo Guitar, and Nervous Writer

After 30 years in the audience, watching others perform his scripts, it's time to take to the stage.

Mark Wolverton

Jan 29, 2014 Essays 7 minute read

William Shakespeare — like that's who REALLY wrote the plays.

The Dearth and Death of Shakespeare

Saving our English curriculum from minorities

From the apoplexy over Webster’s Third and the much-maligned metastasization of social media, to "pearl clutching” over the lost Shakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer courses, it’s never about the language at all. It’s about any threat to the status quo.

Alaina Johns

Jan 24, 2014 Essays 5 minute read

A lineup of vapidity? (Photo from nycprowler.com)

Does social media cause illiteracy?

Is Twitter the dumb chicken or the dumb egg?

The current debate about the effects of social media often steers us toward assertions like that shovel is evil. Doesn’t that really depend on what you do with the shovel?