“Giving cover to pseudoscience movements violates standards of good scholarship and can damage the institution’s reputation in the eyes of prospective students and faculty. Yet universities are also supposed to be committed to free inquiry.”
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President Obama Weighs In On Net Neutrality, Calling The Internet ‘A Utility’
“The White House proposal calls for no paid prioritization, no blocking of any content that is not illegal, and no throttling of Internet services, where some customers have their Internet speeds artificially slowed down.”
The Woman Who Matches $10 Million Masterpieces To The People Who Can Pay For Them
“Her profile rocketed after she helped her contemporary-art clients place bids or win half of Christie’s top 10 priciest works in May. Nearly 6 feet tall, she was easy to spot standing between colleagues in the saleroom’s phone banks, wielding three cellphones at a time and lobbing bids at a regular clip. By sale’s end, she helped her Chinese clients win as much as $236 million of art.”
The Architect Who’s Remaking A Bolivian City With His Vision
“The interiors of his buildings feature two-storey ballrooms that are spellbinding tapestries of bright paint, LED lights and playful Andean motifs: chandeliers anchored to butterfly symbols, doorways that resemble owls and candy-coloured pillars that could hold up a Willy Wonka factory.”
The Woman Who Explained D.C. To Warhol
“‘Ina [Ginsburg] interviewed top-level people who weren’t necessarily seeking publicity,’ Bob Colacello, a former editor of Interview, said several years ago. ‘She gave us a gravitas we hadn’t had. Moreover, Andy loved her parties.'”
Picasso’s Grandson Shares Thousands Of Intimate Family Photos With The World
“Apart from images such as Picasso playing with his dogs, there are countless portraits of the women in his life, including his first wife, Olga, and his celebrated mistress, Dora Maar.”
A Big-Name Editor Leaves Amazon Publishing For The Traditional Publishing World, Dealing A Blow
“His defection comes as Amazon is struggling to maintain its standing with writers and agents as hostile pricing negotiations drag on with the publisher Hachette, and a growing group of prominent authors are lobbying the Justice Department to investigate Amazon for antitrust violations.”
The Final Party For Amazon’s New York Literary Editor Speaks Volumes
“All the thriving genre imprints are out in Seattle.”
The Gallery In The Button Shop
“Artists also seem attracted to the button-shop concept: That an industrial workshop could house art, and that an aspiring gallerist works side-by-side with her father. The artists who display their work with Ms. Li see the space as a rare opportunity, to show artwork in a heavily trafficked neighborhood and in a shop with a unique sense of New York City’s history.”
The Frick Museum Expansion Is In Trouble – Because Of The Garden
“Ian Wardropper, the museum’s director, said that while the museum spoke of Page’s garden as permanent in a 1973 statement to the landmarks commission, the word was used in terms of the ‘foreseeable minimal needs of the collection.'”