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...structured so as to convert criminals into law-abiding citizens. But the death penalty is clearly not rehabilitative; it is entirely retributive. The application of the death penalty represents a disjuncture in our criminal justice system because, for some unfathomable reason, the U.S. government seeks retribution against murderers and mere rehabilitation for rapists and arsonists. Most people would probably agree that rehabilitation should be the goal for our criminal justice system. If we were to apply the level of retribution that we use against murderers to all crimes, our government would be in the business of raping rapists and setting...
...didn't let this turn into mere artifice. In Vermeer, everything is subordinated to wholeness and silence. No figures are more self-absorbed than his. That is very much part of their magic: they are so concentrated on what they are doing, and that is never public. A girl plays a virginal, its music unheard. A maid hands a young wife a letter--a love letter from someone other than her husband, we surmise, though it isn't stated. A young woman holds up a pearl to the light from a window...
...Metaphysical Club is technically a history book, but it is intellectual and cultural history at its finest. Its direct and immediate relevance to questions of how ideas are used make it so much more than a mere history book. If the book has a flaw, it is that Menand is not willing to argue the seemingly obvious larger significance of his work very forcefully. Each chapter stands on its own as a coherent and fascinating read, but Menand isn’t heavy-handed about making sure we understand all of the connections between his intricate arguments perfectly. The reader...
...life during this period (for example, how “The Submersion of the Pharaoh’s Army in the Red Sea” reveal Venice’s dependence on its surrounding lagoon against foreign invasion), there is no doubt that these drawings are but mere subplots of this exhibition...
...Sacred and Profane Visions of Renaissance Venice” not only brings together the giants of Italian Renaissance or merely juxtapose ordinary landscape drawings with sacred imagery. By combining different media and different contexts, by subtly revealing the relationships and progression of religious paintings, the exhibit interests as well as educates. Better yet—it is but a mere walk away...