Category Archives: Culture and democracy

Symbols Matter

Posted on February 12, 2017 by lindaessig

Several years ago, I walked onto my campus and saw a swastika and two SS signs scrolled in chalk on a wall. They were high enough on the wall that whoever placed them there had to do so with some … Continue reading →

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Art, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Posted on February 5, 2017 by lindaessig

I’m finally catching up on some of the background reading I need to do for An Ouroboros, including a 2014 working paper by Laura Niemi that demonstrates that an interest in the visual arts is predictive of occupational innovation (as … Continue reading →

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Support for the Arts

Posted on January 30, 2017 by lindaessig

The phrase “government support for the arts” is often understood to mean, “funding for the arts,” and by extension, at least for some, “funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.” This last made headlines last week when reports surfaced … Continue reading →

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Universal Basic Income

Posted on January 2, 2017 by lindaessig

News that Scotland is considering implementing a universal basic income (UBI) scheme came just as I was finishing reading Ryan Avent’s excellent The Wealth of Humans . as background for my sabbatical project. Avent is a proponent of UBI, while also recognizing … Continue reading →

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For 2017, Lower Barriers

Posted on December 28, 2016 by lindaessig

As I write my year-end post in celebration of the anniversary of this blog, I find myself still reeling from the results of the election eight weeks ago, my mind overwhelmed at times by the “what-could-have-been”s that gave me hope … Continue reading →

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The Venn Diagram of Art and Entertainment

Posted on November 27, 2016 by lindaessig

In her insightful response to the recent Hamilton/Pence/Trump kerfuffle, Margy Waller wrote on Medium, “The current debate about whether artists should speak to policy or politics from the stage is framed to reinforce the default thinking about the arts as … Continue reading →

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What Can We Do? Part 4

Posted on November 13, 2016 by lindaessig

This is the fourth in a four part (for now) series that I am writing in response to last Tuesday’s election results because for me, writing is way of thinking, knowing, and understanding. In the first post, I tried to … Continue reading →

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What Can We Do? Part 3

Posted on November 12, 2016 by lindaessig

This is the third in a four part series that I am writing in response to last Tuesday’s election results because for me, writing is way of thinking, knowing, and understanding. In the first post, I tried to take a … Continue reading →

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What Can We Do? Part 2

Posted on November 11, 2016 by lindaessig

This is the second in a four (or more) part series. This particular post was born out of the feeling of extreme disorientation I felt sitting at my desk Wednesday morning. My Epistemological Existential Crisis For background, I note I … Continue reading →

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What Can We Do? Part 1

Posted on November 10, 2016 by lindaessig

Like many political moderates, I was stunned by the outcome of the recent presidential election. My children, who are politically to my left, are bereft; I worry for them personally while they worry for our country and our planet. Because … Continue reading →

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