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A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.
21 May 2026 at 14:16

A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.

21 May 2026 at 14:16

By: Ross Douthat， Victoria Chamberlin and Sophia Alvarez Boyd

Making the case for a “useless” education.

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Flannery O’Connor’s Artworks Finally See the Light
20 March 2025 at 16:23

Flannery O’Connor’s Artworks Finally See the Light

20 March 2025 at 16:23

By: Walker Mimms and Rita Harper

The darkly comic Southern novelist kept a quiet practice in the visual arts. For the centenary of her birth, her paintings are finally getting an audience — and updating her legacy.

Flannery O’Connor’s 1952 self-portrait is the star of an exhibition in Milledgeville, Ga. She “stares at us with the deadpan of a Byzantine saint, a golden sun hat engulfing her head like a halo,” our critic writes.