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	<title><![CDATA[The Future of the National Endowment for the Arts]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robbie-baitz/the-future-of-the-nationa_b_170834.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The much beleaguered <em>L.A. Times </em>recently asked a number of artists/cultural figures, etc, what they might do if they ran the N.E.A. This is well timed, as the new administration is about to make a decision on the matter. </p>

<p>I was flattered to be asked. I often think (idly) that I should throw my hat in the ring for the job, however, now that I am middle-aged, and have spent years on the couch, I have little taste for pain...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-03-01T08:58:00-05:00</date_published>
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