Well, Well, Well

Well, well, well. Will wonders never cease. An actual, honest-to-God, informed, major-daily arts critic who's not only a champion of the primacy of the aesthetic in the arts, but who — against the interests of a major (and I suspect powerful) local arts institution, The Milwaukee Ballet, and at the risk of offending and raising the ire of local arts cheerleaders — has the balls to, in print, defend his championing in language that's tough, direct, and pulls no punches.

Perhaps we're not all going to hell in a handbasket quite as quickly or as surely as I suspect we are.

(Thanks to Footnotes for the link.)