Say what you want about President Trump, his enthusiasm for America and its founding—especially the Declaration of Independence—is refreshing. His
administration has recently been fighting with the Smithsonian Museum of American History, which has evolved into a museum ambivalent about America.
The Domestic Policy Council of the White House has recently published a report critical of the leadership and practices of the Smithsonian. It makes a strong case.
Here are just three of many examples that illustrate the problem:
- In a year when our nation is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the National Museum of American History has no major exhibit on the founding or on any single founder. Indeed, the one exhibit that purports to commemorate our nation’s 250th anniversary—In Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness—focuses primarily not on historic items from the founding era, but on objects of political activism: a butterfly graduation gown, a drag queen photo, and a 12-foot immigrant farm worker statue of liberty.
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Acaba de finalizar el máximo evento del deporte mas popular del planeta como decía un periodista, efectivamente, el mundial no resuelve los problemas de la humanidad, pero al menos durante los 40 días de duración configuró un alivio temporal a las tribulaciones que ahogan a los pueblos en los cinco continentes. Y eso ya es bastante. Las imágenes lo dicen todo. Habitantes de Gaza viendo entre escombros los partidos de futbol, en Bangladesh donde existe una entrañable devoción por Argentina muchedumbres festejando el buen andar de la albiceleste, en Kiev a pesar de los cruentos bombardeos rusos en cafés y tiendas compartían la animosidad de los partidos, y hasta en Venezuela a pesar del castigo de la naturaleza con los espantosos sismos en mas de una tasca festejaron triunfos de sus favoritos. Esta realidad se esparce por todo el planeta.
In real-time, we are watching authoritarians bend democracy to their will by disregarding the constitution, rigging election rules, smearing journalists and political opponents, weaponising algorithms, and eroding oversight. To say it’s a game of chess versus checkers doesn’t even cover it because, actually, they’re rewriting the rulebook mid-game.
EN ESTA TIERRA HAY MUCHO PECADO.