Given the Trump regime’s hostility to the arts and humanities, it seems useful to recall that the antagonism was characteristic of local politicians on the right for many years before MAGA came along to voice their resentments on a national scale. This is perhaps too obvious to point out. But even so, the Straight Up staff felt it worthwhile to post the column below. It was published in the Los Angeles Times, ca. the 1990s.
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