So, on to Mr. McCain.
I’ll be blunt here: John McCain wants to eliminate federal funding for the arts. That’s right, ELIMINATE it. (This from bipartisan Vote-Smart.org.) Even that nice NEA “Shakespeare for a New Generation” program. Alas, poor Yorick. Whatever your feelings about government funding for arts and the strings attached, some funding, however fraught, is better than [...]
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