The Anchoress:

There is a German word for what we are witnessing at the NEA and elsewhere in the Obama administration’s effort to push its agenda. It is Gleichschaltung. It means two things: first, bringing all aspects of life into conformity with a given political line. And second, as a prerequisite for realizing that goal, the obliteration or at least marginalization of all opposition.

Update: My apologies to Roger Kimball. When I first linked to this, The Anchoress’s formatting was out of whack. Anyway, the above excerpt is from Kimball.