Archive for April 2010
Chicago’s art and architecture
Chicago has wonderful architecture, public sculpture and art. The photo above shows “Cloud Gate” by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor. Below is a picture of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, designed by Frank Gehry and home to the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Both “Cloud Gate” and the Pritzker are located in Millenium Park, which is […]
This week’s articles of note
“The comeback country,” Newsweek, by Daniel Gross “Nudge, nudge, wink, wink: behavioral economics – the governing theory of Obama’s nanny state,” Weekly Standard, by Andrew Ferguson “On closing the culture gap,” Seed, by Paul Ehrlich “Everything is contagious: has a plague of social illness struck mankind?” Slate, by Dave Johns “After the flood: the creator of […]
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