Question that remains with me and i guess i would like you to talk about it a little more, the burning question about rock weldn says he transcends illustration . Does his work go beyond the confines . Before we the question that you kind of answer but i am still not sure to not do the double saying. D no. Just the illustration. Day you not think there was so deep to call him a great realist painter . I would like you to address that also the way that you find the work moving. I think he clearly transcended that category. Plug way to prove that is you look at the other illustrators those that were as famous as rockwell not in the Encyclopedia Britannica today. We although those whose workt is not consider bullion to topologies he continues this is just there is something more. That is the indirect answer. To be, i see the sense of urgency in the picture. People think he has to pay to the black painting or the image of loneliness or he painted dark paintings at the end of his life that
Here to set the stage for us is amity shlaes, a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, and author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Tell us about the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepared was he for the job . Quite prepared, because he had been a politician all his life. President coolidge is one of those men who started small on the city council as City Solicitor in massachusetts, and went all the way up the ladder in the state of massachusetts, and then to Vice President. One can never be prepared for a shock like the death of a president , but he was quite prepared professionally. Grace coolidge was at his side all along that way in public life. How ready was she for the white house . She didnt think she was. She wrote to her Sorority Sisters and said pray for me, friends. She had been a politicians wife and she had quite a realistic view of politics and that particular job. She called this kind of marriage a double harness. That is n
Finally, a hopeful moment in the battle against the coronavirus. The Fda Advisory Committee authorizing emergency use of pfizers covid19 vaccine. That means 3 million doses could ship out in the next 24 hours. It comes as a Record Number of americans are in the hospital fighting against this virus. This is a Public Health nightmare. What did our president say about the pandemic today . He said nothing. Not one word. This is what we said. Nothing. Hes focusing on his bogus attempts to overturn the election and most House Republicans are signing on the help. Joining me now good evening to both of you. But when i say nothing, i want dead air on television, right . People are afraid of it. Thats true, thats what he said. Nothing. Hello . Amanda, right . Nothing. But House Republicans are publicly supporting this bogus lawsuit aimed at overturning the Election Results in states that didnt even vote for trump. This is insane. I mean, am i nuts or has everyone gone mad . Whats happening . It
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