Commentary In the unlikely event that I were to become rich, my first act of philanthropy would be to found a National Museum of Kitsch with free entry to the public. I am undecided whether I would place kitsch objects next to beautiful ones to drive home the intended lesson, or to allow the kitsch to speak for itself. Judgment being always comparative, the former might be the more instructive; but since the didactic often results in resistance to or rebellion against whatever is being taught, it might be more effective to allow the viewer to draw his own conclusions. A conclusion that you draw for yourself, after all, is always more powerful and lasting in effect than a conclusion that someone else draws for you. I first had the idea for the museum in Istanbul, where I bought a baby-pink plastic alarm clock (made, off course, in China) in …