Reader Response

September, 1990

"Now that the fear of nuclear war has diminished, the fear of art--and the change the best art promotes--has increased. Locked in a self-protective mode as the world order reconstitutes itself, America convinces itself it's on the move by carrying a big stick into two campaigns: a drug war it cannot win and a war against the free expression of ideas when they threaten the status quo . . . and our mythical existence as a kinder, gentler nation."If America is in danger of crumbling, it's...