Caption contest…

Sculpture at Art Institute of Chicago

Author: Harold Pollack

Harold Pollack is Helen Ross Professor of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. He has served on three expert committees of the National Academies of Science. His recent research appears in such journals as Addiction, Journal of the American Medical Association, and American Journal of Public Health. He writes regularly on HIV prevention, crime and drug policy, health reform, and disability policy for American Prospect, tnr.com, and other news outlets. His essay, "Lessons from an Emergency Room Nightmare" was selected for the collection The Best American Medical Writing, 2009. He recently participated, with zero critical acclaim, in the University of Chicago's annual Latke-Hamentaschen debate.

9 thoughts on “Caption contest…”

  1. nom nom nom

    (Looks like it predates Goya. And I missed it when I spent a morning there in September, pity.)

  2. I haven't made it pithy yet, but in my hindbrain it crosses Pericles of Athens with the last couplet of The Second Coming:

    And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
    Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

  3. Jeff Sessions' proposed replacement for "Lady Justice" makes AG John Ashcroft's move to cover the topless statue seem pretty tame.

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