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In Fact..

This section presents news and commentary briefs. The Bush Administration is behind a bill currently in the House Committee on Financial Services to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Spanish Prime Minister José Maria Aznar, in gratitude for being "a staunch and steadfast ally" (i.e., supporting the Iraq war against the wishes of 90 percent of his people). He is known in America as a conservative; actually, his political roots are fascist. On November 29 a tribute to Harold Leventhal will be presented at Carnegie Hall by Arlo Guthrie, featuring Guthrie, the Weavers, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Theodore Bikel; the proceeds benefit the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, which Leventhal helped form. A book by Arthur C. Danto, The Nation's art critic, has received an important award in France. The Madonna of the Future, a collection of essays, most of which appeared in this magazine, won the Prix Philosophic.