So this post is actually being typed on the Beulahland public computer, a stalwart defender of strangers ability to look up random stuff online. I have, yet again, a few good links to share and want the two followers (and countless lurkers, no doubt) of this blog to know that my post on the Geocities Archive is almost finished and will be posted today. It's a doozy, and by doozy I mean awesome and somewhat longer than I expected. Keep taps on Facebook/Twitter to know when I finally post the, um, post.
From @brainpicker: The CIA used modern art as one weapon among many against the cold, heartless, and uncreative Soviet Union. (And the two fans of socialist realism go nuts) So crazy it's true, as the CIA wanted to push the freedom-loving, open & creative image of America, especially against the backdrop of the Red Scare then circulating through American culture. Will never look at a Rothko the same way again...
Have a burning desire to read John Stuart Mill's 'On Liberty' and support free, online education? Look no further than the Virtual Philosopher. Lots of interesting links here, plenty for an aspiring liberal theorist to take on.
Finally, as tweeted by @jayrosen_nyu, turns out the newly elected Republican house majority has already planned to hold hearings on the 'fraudulent' science of climate change. The author of the article states that such hearings are not necessarily bad and in fact could provide avenue to defend climate change. Well, I think such hearings are just a means to get some press and sound-bytes to rev up the base that is looking for action now. What an interesting two years it will be.
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