–We ought never to be inured to the hunger of others–I turned on the TV, it was on CNN, I don’t know what program, but I know the head of a village in Afghanistan was talking to a young woman apparently making a documentary. He said that he thought 40% of the villagers just had…

–It’s easy to be against taxes and against government, but Somalia can be a lesson—Now that we’ve paid our federal taxes, getting reading for the next round of property taxes, and in a state like California are being subjected to an increase in sales tax, it’s easy to be angry and question the whole principle.…

–The monetary value of certain artists may have gone down, but the value of their art remains–The economic crisis has hit the art world. Art prices have decreased by about 35%, particularly the work of postwar artists whose price tags had previously gone up along with the stock market. Andy Warhol is in that category.…