this is siena, a wonderfully preserved medieval city in central italy. at its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. siena and other italian city-states can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. in places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity the merchants. these cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. they were republics. here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. and in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. it s called the effects of good government. this marvous fresc
almost everyone in power claims to believe it. the push to war in syria, by the way has united politicians have both sides. lindsey graham and howard dean typically agree on very little. not much at all. but today they are both calling for war in syria. graham is ghanelding massive attacks on the syrian military, dean is going even further than that on twitter, he called the president, quote: a wimp for merely sending thousands of troops and launching tons of bombs at syria. that s not enough for howard dean who you may remember once ran for president as the peace candidate. tonight he wants total war in syria. television pundits, of course, strongly agree. this morning the foreign policy team over on msnbc exexplained that it s far more important for american troops to fight in syria than it is to secure our own border here in america u watch. there is no question that now all these years later is donald trump s challenge. he has to take action. he has spoken to macron. what he
this is siena, a wonderfully preserved medieval city in central italy. at its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. siena and other italian city-states can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. in places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity the merchants. these cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. they were republics. here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. and in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. it s called the effects of good government. this marvous fresc
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