The bleeding heart of the Bauhaus
All art begins as revolution and ends as kitsch. Is this the lesson of the Bauhaus? It’s at least one plausible, although not necessarily charitable, interpretation of the school’s evolution,…
The Battles of the Sinclairs and the Real Socialist and Fascist Strive for Power
At present, I’m making my way through Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here. It’s a rather dated novel, detailing the rise of a fascist American leader who employs typical patriotic…