“Why the slow, angsty movie-music at the end? I thought someone in the Politburo had died.” Mickey Kaus on the spectacle at Mile High.
Nothing To Do with Religion? Now on exhibit in
The 1990 wooden sculpture shows the crucified frog nailed through the feet and hands like Jesus Christ. The frog, eyes popping and tongue sticking out, wears a loincloth and holds a mug of beer and an egg in its hands.
The Pope has called it blasphemous. But . . .
The museum said the 3-foot (1-meter) -tall sculpture has nothing to do with religion, but is an ironic self-portrait of the artist and an expression of his angst.
That’s rich. In an age when art historians and critics can find gender and racial themes lurking in most every work of art (see, e.g., Roger Kimball’s Rape of the Masters), they can no longer find a religious theme in a crucifixion.
The RNC Welcoming Committee. Authorities in the Twin Cities seized weapons and other devices of mayhem from anarchists who describe themselves as the “welcoming committee” for the RNC convention. They have enlisted the support of other anarchists groups across the country for the purpose of committing criminal acts to disrupt the convention. Someone commented on the story:
Anarchists sure have lots of committees.
Rooting for the Hurricane. The wind has been blowing in the Democrats direction ever since Katrina, when the incompetence of state and local officials was trumped by the incompetence of the White House communications director, Scott McClellan. Some, like former DNC chairman Don Fowler and propagandist Michael Moore, are now expressing giddiness over the prospect of another hurricane hitting
