There is a long article on the Clinton administration and the arts in today's New York Times. One thing that caught my eye in this article is that the entire budget for the National Endowment for the Arts, which has not changed appreciably in the last 12 years, is smaller than the Department of Defense's budget for its 102 military bands (which is only a very small part of the budget of the Department of Defense.) The bands will get about 17 million more than the NEA.