- Renowned journalist and cultural critic David Brooks, speaking at Skidmore last week, argued that individual freedoms are good, but so are communitarian spirit and commitment.
- May's Art in America devotes 10 pages to the Alma Thomas show at Skidmore's Tang Museum. The Tang has also made headlines in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and elsewhere.
- Professor and Salmagundi editor Robert Boyers, author of a recent essay in AGNI magazine, was cited in a Dec. 20 New York Times op-ed column by David Brooks.
- Even the most diehard rationalist, in his heart of hearts, longs to believe in magic.