Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this institution and this is such a happy day to celebrate the collaboration between the National Constitution center and cspan. [applause] cspan has a mission to bring unfiltered information about the u. S. Government to american citizens and that coincides with the Constitution Centers mission which i want you to reside along with me to inspire our guests and viewers. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That was so well done. [applause] i was so thrilled when my friend and colleague susan swain, the head of cspan, came just a few months ago, or rather weeks ago, and said, we have this great new book on the president s. Let us launch it at the National Constitution center. It is such an honor to welcome back to the Constitution Center the great founder of cspan, b
Constitutional vision, you see Ronald Reagan aspiring to repeal the new deal republic through transformative Supreme Court appointments. Bruce ackerson was here. He argued that had reagan succeeded in his appointment of a rubber board, he would have been as great a president as roosevelt and lincoln because he would have been led to a new republic. With one more Supreme Court appointment, a republican president might achieve the resurrection of the republic. It would be just as transformative as the transformations of washington, lincoln and roosevelt. It is wanted to add one quick thing to that. I just wanted to add one quick thing to that. Often times, people say, about lincoln, he did not really do anything before he became president. I think one reason why lincoln gets elected is because the people cared about in the 19th century is what they still care about now. They care about vision. They care much less about experience than a president s judgment. Lincoln had both. Many of our
A breath of fresh air: A.P.E. Gallery reopens with group show of en plein air landscape paintings
Greenfield artist Frank Gregory prepares to hang a show of five plein air landscape painters, including himself, at the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton on Tuesday. Gregory curated the exhibit, “Five Who Paint Outside,” which also includes works by David Brewster, left, Dave Gloman, Christine Labich and Ray Larrow. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
“Staging for Early Memory” by Ray Larrow Image courtesy A.P.E. Gallery
“Social Distance,” oil painting by Frank Gregory. Image courtesy A.P.E. Gallery
“Evening Flush,” pastel on paper by Christine Labich. Robert A. Jonas/courtesy A.P.E. Gallery