What ISIS Teaches Us About the Value of Arts and Humanities

The U.S., on the whole,embraces economic progress and relentless production to such an extent that art and humanities are seen as “nice to have,” rather than necessities.

Sarah Skwire, in a short, smart piecefor (of all things) the Foundation for Economic Education, presentsISIS’ heartbreaking destruction of Assyrian museum piecesas a solid argument in favor of the two embattled academic disciplines.

There is a long history of fundamentalist Islamic groups destroying cultural treasures. The Bud...