Goya re-examined
Giants of death continue to pulverize entire towns. The “Black Paintings’” hysterical pitch of fever and terror had been foreshadowed with such works as “Colossus.” This had been the approved story. But now it has been removed from Goya’s oeuvre (“Prado says ‘Colossus’ not the work of Goya,” July 7), how does this subtraction shade his step? We know the court painter of velvet aristocrats, the painter of a nude and thus unwitting fomenter of a tempest in a philatelic teapot, but as he made a drastic or not-so-drastic turn at the Peninsular War, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes travelled through veils and curtains of shadow, shadows that stalk us at night and mock and frighten our living daylights. (And Manet and Picasso have lengthened and intensified these shadows). Embittered after all he had seen, Goya began cloistered works of ultimate terror. The supposedly clumsy forearm gives birth to controversy and is characteristic of Goya’s unsettling place. It is the first of seemi
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Recently there have been a number of letters questioning just who Barack Obama is. It is time to also question John McCain and his voting record.
In 2005 Mr. McCain voted against a bill (S Amendment 2634) that would have provided addition
Fantastic float
I would like to thank the following groups for sponsoring the Dollar Bay Tamarack City Sports Booster Club Float in the 4th of July parade in Dollar Bay: Dollar Bay Linoleum and Tile, Quincy’s Restaurant, Horner Flooring, Richies Market, Jims Septic,
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To the editor:
On behalf of the Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District, I'd like to thank the people of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties for participating in our Annual Tree Sale held on May 2 and 3 at the Lakes Event Center near Lake Lind
Pope was right
To the editor:
As we approach the 40th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae” (July 25, 1968) by Pope Paul VI, an encyclical letter which was critized not only by the liberal media, but also by many Catholics, including outspoken priests, and whi
Disaster eminent
To the editor:
Planet Earth prepare for a catastrophic disaster. Our form of species is being phased out. A world is given so many resources to harvest life. When our form of life used those resources recklessly to build huge destructive
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