In the United States we take for granted freedoms and privileges which people around the world are struggling to attain for themselves. Among these freedoms is the right of assembly, the right to the exercise of free speech, the freedom of travel and the right to self-determination. These freedoms were hard won through the struggle for equal rights, which is continuing to this day

Today is the birthday of Eugene McCarthy.

Obviously the video is somewhat dated.

From today's The Writer's Almanac:

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important." - Eugene McCarthy

The Knoxville Museum of Art offers a big exhibition of small works with its Size Matters: XS – Recent Small-Scale Paintings from March 28 – August 24, 2008.

The exhibition includes 42 works by some of America’s most important painters including Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Justin Allen, and Francis Alÿs.

Ridley Howard, Untitled, 2007, Oil on canvas, 5 x 7.5 inches

The KMA is having a curator's discussion of this exhibition on April 2. You visit the Events page, or the KMA page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...)for more details and to see other work currently on exhibit.

Lana Wilson, 4 Legged Teapot, 1993

Selections from Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts on Exhibit in KMA Community Gallery closes Sunday. The works exhibited were chosen from Arrowmont’s permanent collection which includes examples by some of the nation’s finest craft artists working in wood, metal, ceramic, glass, and other media.

Support your local galleries and museums! They are economic engines for your community.

Sherrie