Money spent on the liberal arts does more than feed and clothe the creative class. It creates a heritage of intellectual property that can yield economic and social benefit for lifetimes… But partisans of the liberal arts can do more just whine and wheedle. For one thing, we can call our state representatives — or Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles), the Assembly’s appropriations chair — and urge support for AB 580, which would lift our state arts funding from 49th in the country to 12th. It’s even a local call. And the next time a politician goes bloviating on about STEM funding (as some liberal arts major of a speechwriter surely dubbed it), spare a kind thought for BRANCH: books, readers, artists, newspapers, critics and, yes, the humanities.

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by David Kipen, The Los Angeles Times.

Posted: April 19th, 2013, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.