Ministry of Culture

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

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Ernest Hemingway, Bull, Bullfighting, Bull Fighting, Catalonia, Corrida, Ministry of Culture, Spain, Death in the Afternoon, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Matador, Arts News

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

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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

Read More: Olympics, Lin Miaoke, China Olympics, Chinese Government, Freedoms in China, China Lip-Synching, Ministry of Culture, Lip-Synching in China, Chinese Censorship, China, Yang Peiyi, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, World News
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

Read More: Bo Derek, Pbs, Tv Series, Npr, Happy Meals, Opera, Research and Development, NYU Film School, Ministry of Culture, Film, Nea, Art Therapy, Kennedy Center, HuffPost Election Reaction, Entertainament, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Politics News
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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