Steven Den Beste points out an exhibition of photography at Lehigh University. The artist (Larry Fink) uses images of women dressed as prostitutes and look-alikes of current political figures (e.g., President George W. Bush) apparently to make some sort of political point. Here's the exhibit (you may find it offensive).

What's worse than that, however, is that I recognize the style. He's ripping off -- sorry, paying homage to -- German Expressionists. For example, Otto Dix, my favorite painter. (This is not merely deduction on my part; the accompanying text by Fink explicitly recalls the German Expressionists.)

Now, Dix did much that was disgusting and nasty and he was downright misogynistic at times. But he also produced brilliant political satire (that's "Pride" who has the Hitler mustache). And he was persecuted by the Nazis for both his anti-war opinions and his anti-Nazi opinions.

Perhaps this is the greater point that Fink is driving at: perhaps he believes that the United States, like the Weimar Germany Dix depicts, is sliding towards dictatorship. I guess we'll know when Fink gets fired for political reasons, or is banned from exhibiting his work, or has his pictures confiscated. All this was done to Dix. Until then: Larry Fink, you're no Otto Dix. You're just a fink.

I have finally figured out how the Canadian government plans to finance its deficit spending. Historically, Canada has had a bigger per capita debt than the United States. And worse yet, Canada borrows money to pay for immediate expenses like health care instead of to invest in capital goods like aircraft carriers.

In any case, as I say, I figured out how they're going to pay for it all. They're going to hose every individual taxpayer, nickel-and-diming us to death. Here's how the scam works: