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...Should Americans be aware of potential terrorist activity? Of course. But we must understand that it is the policies of our government, not the mindless jealousy of fanatics, that make us the object of attacks. Sure, let's beef up domestic security, but let's also have some dialogue about the reasons we need it. Diatribes about irrational enemies feed unthinking fear and obscure any hope of real solutions. Patricia Davis Culver City...
Students justify the trips by emphasizing the importance of direct interaction. Kim explains, “Travel is an essential part of what art historians do. Seeing an object in person is just as important to an art historian as attending a concert is to a musicologist.” Lest students rush to sign up for HAA and ESP courses, Kim cautions, “Travel can also be hard work. The late Harvard professor John Shearman used to tell his students that when in Rome they should see five churches before breakfast...
...leaders so that they will see this through to a just end for the Iraqis. Iain Railton Exeter, England Can anyone explain how the British and American people are expected to condone the continuing participation of our troops in this illegal war in Iraq? What is the object of it all? The U.S.-led action has caused chaos in the country. Numerous Iraqi towns are in turmoil, with limited electric power supply and no central authority in control. The casualties are mounting daily; more than 1,100 U.S. soldiers have died. How many more tragic family bereavements must there...
...worked on. Here the torn edge of an envelope, there a line of writing peeking through a light gray ground, serve to continually interrupt the depicted illusion and assert a stubborn physicality. The result is a fundamental tension whereby the drawing/object seems to continually fluctuate between material and representation, object and form, refusing to take a steady place in our perception. And as far as I’m concerned, this tension alone is more than enough to sustain the work, no matter who may have created...
People who were offended at the way Miller treated Monroe in After the Fall won't like Finishing the Picture any better. Kitty (Heather Prete) is mostly offstage (and when onstage, mostly mute), the object of everyone else's analysis. They romanticize her fragility ("She's been stepping on broken glass since she could walk"). They lament the burden of fame ("Everyone wants something from her; we're no exceptions"). In After the Fall the Marilyn character (especially as played by the magnetic Carla Gugino in the recent revival) was an alternately charming and infuriating force of nature. Here...