Culture Wars and the History of the NEA

Tom McCormack looks at the recent debate over Hide/Seek and the "superficial resemblance" between David Wojnarowicz‘s "A Fire in My Belly" and Andres Serrano's "Piss Christ." Wojnarowicz's video angered many Congressional Republicans, including John Boehner and Eric Cantor (“an outrageous use of taxpayer money and an obvious attempt to offend Christians during the Christmas season.”)