Tag Archives: robert fulford national post

innovation or commodification

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Dave

Do product patents reduce economic efficiency and cut back on technological innovation? Do the have-nots become more naught? Are free-markets just a catch-work for the elimination of job security? And what of our naive assumptions that technological solutions to political … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alain Badiou, Alvin Toffler, apple computer, charles leadbetter, Howlin Wolf, Noam Chomsky, paul romer, robert fulford national post, Slavoj Zizek, ulrich beck | Leave a comment

touching a small nerve: profoundly

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dave

When everything seems great, everyone appears to get on great, but there is an essential ingredient missing.An intangible awkwardness that defies resolution. Everyone wants freedom from cheese. Or do we?… Because Bernard Berenson was more respected and learned than any … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged amedeo modigliani, bernard baruch, Bernard Berenson, Clement Greenberg, Donald Kuspit, Hieronymous Bosch, Jackson Pollock, joseph duveen, marinus van reymerswaele, mary berenson, Meyer Schapiro, Quentin Massys, quentin metsys, robert fulford national post, Ronnie Burkett, suburgatory, Terry Teachout, Virgil Thomson | Leave a comment

hemingway : the moveable lease

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dave

Much of it is about the troubling masculinity of post-war America. The sensitive issue of the inability to love. And its representation as non-aesthetic content. Yes, Hemingway is bigger than the sum of its parts. The Ernest Hemingway legacy has … Continue reading →