Heh, indeed. Which is funny, seeing as I was just saying something similar about these kinds of relationships a little while ago.

The Academe: another victim in the War on Civilization, waged by Bushist Republicans who hate America. Oh well, I’m glad I got a chance to enjoy it before it became a complete joke. Sorry the younger folks won’t.

Tapped puts it this way, my way would be a little different:

The wealthy generally favor museums, universities, libraries, and other cultural insititutions in their philanthropy. In my view, high culture, and even beautification of the public space, is important. The Jackie Kennedy Onassis-championed renovation of New York’s Grand Central Terminal in the 1980s restored grandeur, safety, and a sense of pride to one of the city’s most important landmarks. And when I travel in Europe, I’m consistently struck by the fact that most of the magnificent public buildings we enjoy today were paid for by regressive, anti-democratic regimes whose values we now abhor.  Read more