Interview Clips Ranging from Noam Chomsky to John McCain to Gloria Estefan, everyday.Tumblr (3.0; @bigthink)http://bigthink.tumblr.com/<p>we gots to shut it down and start a new one! we’ll let you know what it is on <a href="http://www.bigthink.com">www.bigthink.com</a>. If you want to follow Brett, you can find him here: catsinbagbagsinriver.tumblr.com</p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76244438http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76244438Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:59:53 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-remembers-john-f-kennedy">Chuck Close Remembers John F. Kennedy</a>: <p>The contemporary artist draws comparisons between Kennedy and Obama</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-remembers-john-f-kennedy">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240374http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240374Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-on-the-clintons">Chuck Close on the Clintons</a>: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer" width="516" height="344.0" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.bigthink.com/player.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="flashvars" value="embedCode=hicGliOlHICulMc5L1BEGbPgIJozmpQb"> <embed src="http://video.bigthink.com/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" 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class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240372http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240372Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-says-you-dont-need-to-buy-art">Chuck Close Says You Don't Need to Buy Art</a>: <p>The contemporary artist on selling a nonessential product</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-says-you-dont-need-to-buy-art">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240375http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240375Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-closes-advice-to-artists-during-a-crisis">Chuck Close's Advice to Artists During a Crisis</a>: <p>The contemporary artist says the best time to make art is when everyone thinks art is dead.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-closes-advice-to-artists-during-a-crisis">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240376http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240376Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-on-the-real-value-of-art">Chuck Close on the Real Value of Art</a>: <p>The contemporary artist reminds us that sales should not be the measure of artistic success.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-on-the-real-value-of-art">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240379http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240379Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/is-the-art-market-more-corrupt-than-wall-street">Is the Art Market More Corrupt than Wall Street?</a>: <p>The contemporary artist says to compare art dealers to Wall Street crooks is unfair.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/is-the-art-market-more-corrupt-than-wall-street">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240378http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240378Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-on-regulating-auction-houses">Chuck Close on Regulating Auction Houses</a>: <p>The contemporary artist refutes the notion that auction houses need government oversight.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-on-regulating-auction-houses">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240377http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240377Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-justifies-public-art-expenditures">Chuck Close Justifies Public Art Expenditures</a>: <p>The contemporary artist talks about why public money should support art.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-justifies-public-art-expenditures">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240371http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240371Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-on-photographing-brad-pitt">Chuck Close on Photographing Brad Pitt</a>: <p>The contemporary artist praises the passion of Brangelina.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-on-photographing-brad-pitt">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240369http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76240369Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/226-Your-Smartphone-is-Now-Way-Smarter-Than-You">Your Smartphone is Now Way Smarter Than You</a>: <p>A team of hyper-geniuses at MIT’s Media Lab has designed a cellphone type device that gathers data on the environment around you, searches for information using the Internet, aggregates the results,…</p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76228088http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76228088Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:39:57 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-on-american-values">Chuck Close on American Values</a>: <p>The contemporary artist on what it means to be an American.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-on-american-values">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76228087http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76228087Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:39:57 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/chuck-close-on-race">Chuck Close on Race</a>: <p>The contemporary artist talks about where he was when Martin Luther King, Jr. died and meeting Malcolm X.</p> <p><a href="http:///ideas/chuck-close-on-race">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76228086http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76228086Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:39:57 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/225-Our-Complex-Relationship-With-Binational-Divorce">Our Complex Relationship With Binational Divorce</a>: <h2 class="entry-title"></h2> <p><!— By line —> <!— Summary —> <!— The Content —><br/></p> <div class="entry-content"> <br/><p><strong></strong>The <a href="http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/divorce-international-style/">New York Times Ideas Blog today</a> highlights an <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13057235">Economist article</a> about divorce, globalization style. “There’s a global meltdown…</p> </div>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76190257http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76190257Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:39:50 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/221-There-is-a-Green-Comet-Gunning-For-Planet-Earth">There is a Green Comet Gunning For Planet Earth</a>: <p><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/04feb_greencomet.htm">According to <span class="caps">NASA</span></a>, there is a green comet named Lulin approaching Earth. One astronomer calls it “a green beauty that could become visible to the naked eye any day now.”</p> <p><a href="http:///blog_entries/221-There-is-a-Green-Comet-Gunning-For-Planet-Earth">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76163569http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76163569Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:39:43 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/223-Reflections-on-Athletes-and-Their-Scandals">Reflections on Athletes and Their Scandals</a>: <p>Lance Armstrong and doping. Marion Jones and steroids. Tanya Harding and a lead pipe. Scandal seems to inevitably follow on the heels of—or, in some cases, preclude—gold medals. So it comes as no…</p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76163567http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76163567Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:39:43 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/222-Cory-Booker-s-Moral-Imagination-Speech">Cory Booker's "Moral Imagination" Speech</a>: <p><span class="newsitembody">Political engagement and social justice were the themes of a speech </span><span class="newsitembody">Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivered at Duke yesterday. </span><span class="newsitembody"> </span></p> <p><a href="http:///blog_entries/222-Cory-Booker-s-Moral-Imagination-Speech">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76163568http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76163568Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:39:43 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/220-Nat-Hentoff-is-Still-a-Fierce-Libertarian">Nat Hentoff is Still a Fierce Libertarian</a>: <p>Libertarian music critic <a href="http://www.cato.org/people/nat-hentoff">Nat Hentoff</a>, one of the foremost authorities on the First Amendment, has joined the Cato Institute as a senior fellow.</p> <p><a href="http:///blog_entries/220-Nat-Hentoff-is-Still-a-Fierce-Libertarian">Continue Reading <span class="linkArrow">></span></a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76150621http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/76150621Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:39:38 -0500<a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog_entries/219-Oliver-Sacks-Hallucinates-The-World-Learns">Oliver Sacks Hallucinates, The World Learns</a>: <p>The British neurologist and author <a href="http://www.oliversacks.com/">Oliver Sacks </a>recently chronicled the experience of losing his sight from ocular melanoma in a series of journals and an interview with <a href="http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/ted-qa-neurol-1.html">Wired </a>magazine.</p> <p><a href="http:///blog_entries/219-Oliver-Sacks-Hallucinates-The-World-Learns">…</a></p>http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/75965414http://bigthink.tumblr.com/post/75965414Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:38:39 -0500