Doonesbury. [2/18/24] The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time. This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. I want to remind us all that art is dangerous. I want to remind you of the history of artists who have been murdered, slaughtered, imprisoned, chopped up, refused entrance. The history of art, whether i