Arthur C. Danto, Nation art critic and the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the university at its 2004 commencement. Columbia cited Danto for having "allowed us to see art through the lens of your large and generous philosophical mind," as well as for "your deep and liberal humanity" and "your remarkable joining of art and philosophy in a relationship of mutual enrichment."
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The race to fill Ted Kennedy's seat is on; Geithner is under the gun; The Nation's revered puzzle setter retires.
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Filibustering the Public
Filibustering healthcare reform? This is not what democracy looks like.
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Noted.
You don't have to go to Copenhagen to join the activists racing against the ticking environmental bomb.
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