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The Personal, Punitive Reasons Behind Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Arts Funding

Budget cuts won’t kill the arts—nothing can do that—but they will make it a whole lot harder to be an artist or promote the arts, and cause economic devastation on a both a micro and macro scale.

By Noah Charney

Head Case: Why Has PBS Promoted Controversial Shrink Dr. Daniel Amen?

Leading neurologists charge that Dr. Daniel Amen peddles questionable brain imaging technology, dubious supplements and false hopes.

By Richard Bernstein

WNET’s Neal Shapiro Laments the Loss of the Public Intellectual

"We do live in a different time when people like the Kardashians who have no discernible talent are huge celebrities. In the ’50s and ’60s, people like Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley and Norman Mailer were celebrated. There’s less of that now," says Neal Shapiro.

By David Wallis

VP Debate Moderator’s Husband Works for Organization Romney Wants to Defund

By Hunter Walker

Must-Flee TV: The G.O.P. on PBS

By Joe Conason

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