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Making Celestial Waves: Artist Mariko Mori

Kisa Lala | Posted 04.05.2013 | Arts
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Kisa Lala

The art world often sidelines humanist works for their accessibility and for their campaigns of universal mantras, but Mori has a history of meshing modern technology with ancient practices in a way that engenders contemplation for our place in the natural world.

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VOTE: Is Spain's Move To Protect Bullfighting Wrong?

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 10.01.2011 | Arts
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Bullfighting in Spain, so fundamental to the country's identity but so vehemently opposed by many of its citizens, won a victory this week with a recl...

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Needed: A Federal Arts Policy

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Michael Kaiser

Most people do not know that no fewer than nine government agencies provide support to arts in this nation.

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China Bans Lip-Synching in Response to Olympics Pseudo-Scandal

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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John Wagner Givens

The Chinese state has staked its legitimacy on providing economic growth, stability and an ever increasing stature for China on the world stage. The 2008 Olympics had to be flawless.

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Dear President-Elect Obama, Could We Please Have a Ministry of Culture like Every Other Country in the World?

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Vivian Norris

We need to invest in multi-dimensional human beings. We need to show that the country cares about culture.

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