Several years ago, I admitted my lack of appreciation regarding most abstract art. That voice in my head often says, "a child could have done that." And now this proposition has been tested. The result: People usually, but not overwhelmingly prefer the abstract art of professional artists to that done by children (and art done by animals). The results were reported by Discover Magazine.
Alan Friedman's stunning photo of the sun was featured on the home page of MSNBC today. I decided to visit his website to see what else he has done from his backyard observatory in Buffalo, and I recommend that you do the same.
Daily Show host John Stewart eviscerates those asking teachers and other unions to make sacrifices in the name of cutting the budget deficit, especially when those same people (literally!) did not ask the same from Wall Street bankers following the trillions of dollars of bailouts and easy money:
Have you ever viewed Wikipedia's featured photos? These are the "images that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons." This is a terrific collection of many hundreds images, all of them under the Creative Commons license. If they do not appear on this page, click the title of the post if you don't see the full attribution for the photos below.
