C’mon, PA Pols: Eliminating Arts Funding Makes No Sense

“[W]hen you’re balancing concerns about education or health against arts and culture, eliminating the latter seems like a no-brainer. … That’s because most of us think of the arts as Cinderella waltzing in her ball gown at the palace — fun, frivolous, pleasant but expensive and nonessential. A more apt image would be Rosie the Riveter, the female laborer with a scarf binding up her hair, a rolled-up sleeve displaying real muscle and a ‘We can do it’ attitude.”