I am staring at Melania Trump’s White House Christmas Book Tree, which is a small revolving pyramid of books bought solely for their green covers. There’s one good book in the tree, FDR’s own copy of A Christmas Carol, but it was also chosen for colour. An arts degree can be directed to any good purpose, teaching both cognitive and emotional intelligence, preparing you for any job that requires writing, reading, assessing or even speaking up in meetings. I remember a Catholic university once cancelling a speech I was asked to give on the value of a liberal arts degree because donors were irate. He’s a hurdle but once you’ve cleared him ... Is Trump a wailing King Lear or a blithering Polonius or an idiotic Bottom?

Source: thestar November 28, 2017 20:48 UTC