Saturday, August 16, 2008

"Painting as agitation" -- Saul Manifesto -- from NYTs

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/arts/design/16saul.html

Not for everyone, and hard to hang in the living room, but nevertheless reflective of truth.

My personal favorite, "Columbus Discovers America."

I was at US Chamber of Commerce a couple of years ago, where President Bush gave a speech, and a recently arrived refugee from Burma and I tried to decipher the heraldic shields and banners on the ceiling and walls -- Ponce de Leon, Columbus etc.

Finally we figured it out.

Comment -- copyright Kyi May Kaung.

What happens to Trump's tariffs now that Federal Appeals Court has struck them down.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-court-ruling-trade-1c5a02ad38597c3629eff5977490813a?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us