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Abstract art can give us a look at the subconscious, our own or an artist’s.

Modernism offers artists a new way of looking at their work and their world.

The Musette Player by David Teniers the Younger hangs at the Louvre. The painting is simple, an older man is playing what looks like bagpipes and maybe singing, probably in a bar, judging by the noses on the guys in the background in front of what looks to me like a jug of beer. The [...]

Timothy Geithner doesn’t like Elizabeth Warren, she is mean to him. Who, then, can we get to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Rembrandt’s self-portraits let us see the artist as he sees himself growing old.

William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Hans Holbein the Younger, hangs in the Louvre, on the second floor in the wing named Richelieu. Salle (room) 8 holds a number of fascinating paintings, of which this is just one example. Here’s another. It is easy to be overwhelmed by the Louvre. Everyone wants to see the [...]

Rosa Bonheur painted animals. Her love and respect for these creatures shines through.

The basic premise of America Speaks is that budget deficits are dooming us and must be stopped. That premise is wrong and fraudulent. Here’s why.

I hope a lot of progressives will attend one of those forums the Cat Food Commission is holding. Here are my talking points on Social Security.

Waiting for the Verdict is an example of Victorian painting; it shows the impact of a trial on the family of the accused.