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Daily Archives: October 7, 2009
Museum Health Break: Artis Lane
Artis Lane is one of the great sculptors of our time. Of any time. Her work depicts the “Jacob wrestling the angel” dignity and struggles of the human spirit in ways that most contemporary ironic, post-humanist artists (unfortunately) do not even … Continue reading →
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“Ain’t I a Woman?”: Sojourner Truth Speaks Truth to Power
In the mid-1800s, when Sojourner Truth was in her early 50s, she addressed a convention on women’s rights and gave this speech. I love the way that she turns the tables on white male patronage of white women (putting them … Continue reading →
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Phew!
The Congressional Budget Office numbers on the Democratic health care bill look surprisingly good, and this means that the momentum for health care reform will be picking up. This today in the New York Times: In all, it said, the proportion of nonelderly … Continue reading →
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Prometheus Unbound 