"Politicians don't value it.  Why would they?  It threatens them."  From The Tyee:

"... if art can take apart ideas and muddled dogma, it can also dismantle the infrastructure of power and control. If so, why would the grey-suited corporate types have any interest in funding the means of their undoing? The obvious answer is that they don't. Thus ( Read more... )

rzep:  Former college and professional football player Sean James and Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner respond to the Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad, featuring Tim Tebow and his mother:

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I haven't seen the Tim Tebow spot yet, but that was just ... wow.  I can't wait to hear the reaction when this airs on Sunday.