Jason, this hits hard, cuts deep. It's crushing to think that IMLS, NEH, and the Wilson Center are casualties of this administration's dark, twisted worldview.
My first year out of college, I worked in the Smithsonian Castle for the special assistant to Secretary Ripley. It was an excellent first job because of my work experience (exhibitions and managing the furnishings collection) and the opportunities to meet many fascinating people. Often, I would walk up to the turret where the Wilson Center resided to say hi to its director, James Billington, and his staff. I had no idea that that scholarly, cozy place would one day expand monumentally... and then be taken down in a few short hours. Crushing.
Wilson the worse president ever. Not Obama, but Woodrow Wilson. Puppet for the Banksters. Sold out the country. He said so himself. No humanity in that.
“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” Woodrow Wilson
Wilson's legacy is complicated, and merits scrutiny. That scrutiny is only possible because of the humanities: historians, archivists and librarians who have preserved his materials, researched them, and made arguments about them. More evidence of why history and the humanities are so critical.
Jason, this hits hard, cuts deep. It's crushing to think that IMLS, NEH, and the Wilson Center are casualties of this administration's dark, twisted worldview.
My first year out of college, I worked in the Smithsonian Castle for the special assistant to Secretary Ripley. It was an excellent first job because of my work experience (exhibitions and managing the furnishings collection) and the opportunities to meet many fascinating people. Often, I would walk up to the turret where the Wilson Center resided to say hi to its director, James Billington, and his staff. I had no idea that that scholarly, cozy place would one day expand monumentally... and then be taken down in a few short hours. Crushing.
I loved Dr. Billington, and The Wilson Center was a second home. The staff and scholars deserved better.
Wilson the worse president ever. Not Obama, but Woodrow Wilson. Puppet for the Banksters. Sold out the country. He said so himself. No humanity in that.
“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” Woodrow Wilson
Wilson's legacy is complicated, and merits scrutiny. That scrutiny is only possible because of the humanities: historians, archivists and librarians who have preserved his materials, researched them, and made arguments about them. More evidence of why history and the humanities are so critical.