Lancaster Region

The Constitution is one of the great creations of civilized society, but there are many misconceptions and much ambiguity. We hear about the Constitution every day, but much of what we hear are partisan arguments based on court opinions rather than the actual words in the document. This session will focus on the words in the Constitution, with some attention to its structure and court interpretations. We won’t make any new discoveries, but we will find some things that are often overlooked, and we will gain a better understanding of how politicians and lawyers often say inconsistent things about our Constitution.

This will be an entertaining and compelling collection of stories by four established masters and two living writers: Leo Tolstoy’s “After the Ball”; Anton Chekhov’s “A Trifle From Real Life”; William Faulkner’s “Pantaloon in Black”; Ernest Hemingway’s “The Killers”; Ron Rash’s “Back of Beyond”; and Lionel Shriver’s “Exchange Rates.”