Constituting Mediocrity: the new National Constitution Center

July 25, 2003

It’s obvi­ous that the Cen­ter is just a hold­ing pen for big bus trips. It’s not as much a muse­um or nation­al shrine as it is a high­way rest stop. On your left­’s the super-sized cafe­te­ria, on your right the store for crap­py hats and t‑shirts. And for this we rip up Philadelphia?

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