Thursday, September 14, 2023

Sad and true …

… Whatever Happened to Culture? - Joseph Epstein, Commentary Magazine. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Today, party politics is of all-consuming interest. A new class has emerged, the punditocracy, members of which, also known as public intellectuals, who are without any notable culture of their own, are defined chiefly by their politics, and sport their political opinions on endless panels on cable television.

I must say, though, that when I stood in front of Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles, I was very impressed. But I’m from an earlier generation. And I once managed an art gallery.

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