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Reason.tv: Life, Liberty & Happiness - Q&A with American Visionary Art Museum's Rebecca Hoffberger The word liberty is used a lot but it's not often that individuals think deeply about what the word means, says Rebecca Hoffberger, the founder of Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM.) Hoffberger's goal with AVAM was to create "a grassroots salon that would tackle all the great themes that have ever bedeviled and inspired human kind." The most recent exhibition, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness featured a wide range of self-taught artists including Saddam Hussein's personal doctor, Ala Bashir, and a schizophrenic hoarder named Dick Lubinsky. The exhibition provides an unforgettable commentary on an American truism. Hoffberger explains that art is strongest when it portray's life experiences that are "too big for words" and that art is powerful tool for those trying to express "the need for liberty."    Click here to watch. Reflecting on the Iraq War: It's too early to know history's verdict Only time will tell if Operation Iraqi Freedom was a blunder, writes Cathy Young. But it is not too early to say that Americans are not the villains in this story. As Young explains, that role belongs to the dictator who drove so many of his subjects to welcome a foreign invasion, and to the extremists who unleashed carnage on their own. http://reason.com/archives/2010/09/03/reflecting-on-the-iraq-war Join Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Ron Bailey, and Jacob Sullum on Reason's weeklong Caribbean cruise in February 2011. Sign up today!   http://www.reasoncruise.com Hit & Run, Reason's Staff Blog New York's Absent Teacher Reserve Hears Call to Action, Goes Back to Reading the Newspaper New York City recently pledged to rid itself of the infamous rubber rooms where unemployed and unemployable teachers sat-sometimes for years-while accruing seniority and pay. But today The Wall Street Journal reports on a scam even sweeter than sitting around in a room doing nothing all day for pay-sitting around wherever you want doing nothing all day for pay.... Read the rest here. Posted by Katherine Mangu-Ward http://reason.com/blog/2010/09/03/new-yorks-absent-teacher-reser Daily Brickbat Give Me Down to There Hair Officials at Godley Middle School in Texas have placed 12-year-old Chris McGregor in in-school detention until he cuts his hair. The school dress code bars male students from having hair below the shoulders, and McGregor's locks are too long. Superintendent Paul Smithson says the rule helps reduce bullying. You see, students who stand out in some way might be teased or picked on, said Smithson. "And all of a sudden we have a problem." http://www.reason.com/brickbat/ Try Reason's award-winning print edition today! Your first issue is FREE if you are not completely satisfied. http://www.reason.com/subscribe

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