An article on the web last weekend opened with the following paragraph: What would happen to the arts if this country turned to authoritarian leadership? If fundamental freedoms were challenged, if a strong leader gathered up the full weight of the regulatory state and started using it to systematically punish his enemies and reward his friends, if the country was precipitated into ever more severe constitutional crises, if the only political labels that mattered were whether you were with the Leader or the Resistance — where would the arts stand? Hmmm...an authoritarian leader who would: Challenge fundamental freedoms, Gather up the full weight of the regulatory state, Systematically punish enemies and reward friends, Precipitate severe constitutional crises. We might well conclude the writer was talking about Hillary Clinton, because: Her authoritarian, dogmatic, arrogant personality is a matter of record. She would indeed challenge...(Read Full Post)