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Tag Archives: National Endowment for the Humanities

PRESIDENTIAL HERITAGES—AND CROWDS

INFLATED ESTIMATES of crowd sizes are continuing talking points these days. In countering such alternative facts, I offer here several non-crowd scenes that have presidential associations ranging from James Madison … Continue reading

April 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

A PARABLE OF PROPORTIONALITY

APPARENTLY WE LIVE in times when ideology trumps logic. In particular, there is no logic in the proposed demise of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for … Continue reading

March 8, 2017 · 6 Comments

ART DECO, THE MET, THE POLISH BRIGADE, TRUMP TOWER AND TRUTH

RECENT NEWS OF possible demise of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting got me thinking about Bonwit Teller’s … Continue reading

February 23, 2017 · 1 Comment