Independent Commentary Episodes

June 30, 2020

Junipero Serra: the Missions and Presidios of California

The destruction of statues of Junipero Serra in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and in front of Los Angeles' founding church, Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles, was a wanton act of vandalism. Serra, a Franciscan Friar was canon…
Guest: Jim Herlihy
June 17, 2020

Tearing down San Francisco's Asian Art Museum for being too white.

As the statue removal movement sweeps across America and England, it has hit the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Artists, academics and art historians are demanding that a bust of its' founder, Avery Brundage be removed f…
Guest: Jim Herlihy