A conversation about his career and unique approach to image making. Good evening. Welcome to a conversation between photographer David Leventhal and our senior curator of contemporary interpretation, joanna marsh. It is always a treat to hear from an artist and i can tell you that david is a great storyteller. We are in for a delightful evening. I also wanted to pause and not only recognize david but his family who has come from far away, from utah and california, nephews, sisters, please join be me in welcoming david and his family. [applause] after this program, i invite all of you to join us for the reception for the celebratory opening of american myth in David Leventhal photographs. For those of you who do not know me, i have the pleasure as serving as the director here at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and also our branch museum, the renwick gallery. Very often i hear from people, once i introduced myself as the director, whats on view . Im always happy to share that news a
now on the cdc s watchlist as one of four variants of comes in the world. some of to 50%, morton s miscible. more transmissible. joining us is dr. peter trenholm. let s talk but the seriousness of this variant. the south african variant that is found in santa clara county, the brazilian variant, the uk has one. how big a threat are these, given that our state is opening up more and more? well, i think i will divide up all the variance into the good, the bad, and the ugly. the good is, it is not really good but compared to the other two it is. the regular covid, the bad is the uk variant and the california variant and the ugly is the brazilian and south african variant. they are bad because they are more transmissible. the ugly, they are more transmissible, and they can evade vaccines. the good news is that we are not going to probably see a dominance of the brazilian or the south african variants in the u.s. or in the bay area. we will see it digging out between the uk va
Book, inside job, how government insiders subvert the Public Interest. His book looks at the sources of national decline. Typically when people think about national decline, they often look outside government, add special Interest Groups that try to coop governments for their own benefit. However, mark takes a different approach and looks at the sources of national decline. Com from inside government, from government insiders. It may cause even more harm to countries and civilizations than the harms that come fro outside government. We are looking forward to hearing from him today. The way we will frame todays book form, first we will hear remarks from him and then we will have comments from Jonathan Rauch at the Brookings Institution and myself. First i would like to introduce doctor zupan. He began his tenure as the 14th resident of Alfred University on july 2016. He was at the Business School of rochester from january 1, 2004. He served as dean and professor of economics at the univ
Grand entrance. He wants to get advice from those that did not support him. Working together, well begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the american dream. Ive spent my entire life in business, looking at the Untapped Potential in projects and in people all over the world. That is now what i want to do for our country. Reporter clinton will speak to supporters morning, bucking tradition. And a half hour ago we told you about russian president putin sending trump telegram congratulating him. And the u. S. And uk will remain close partners. And corrina pysa and john kosich join me in the war room. You have spent many years covering donald trump. City and covered him for four years and interviewed him many time. Hes a unique character and hes our president. Reporter and youre still with us. Youve been watching this all unfold and he appreciate you being here. So historic for the nation, but specifically ohio. Donald trump this time yesterday he had a 2. 2 real polit
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