We have witnessed an attempted murder – of our democracy. We have watched the scenes of raging and violence, each worse than the one on view before. It occurred over hours of pain and chaos in a hallowed place, as Congressman Eric Swalwell termed it, the “sacred chamber” that is at the heart of democracy […]
Entries Tagged as 'Presidents'
The Capitol: Desecration and Resilience
January 19th, 2021 · 2 Comments · Beyond Gotham
Tags: landmarks·Presidents·Washington
Trump’s Bid To Dictate Architectural Style
March 16th, 2020 · 2 Comments · Beyond Gotham
Carol Ross Barney designed the Oklahoma City Federal Building to “let the materials” create a “strong and beautiful presence.” Indeed, it’s an agile structure that even at just three stories soars and opens in a graceful way to the surrounding green spaces that honor the 168 people who perished in the 1995 bombing at the […]
Grief – and the Resolve to Save Our World
November 6th, 2018 · 18 Comments · Be a Mindful Activist
This past two weeks in America have been an especially dark chapter of violence and hatred in a society already dealing with a foreboding sense that deep divisions are on some irreversible course in the United States. Today, on Election Day, we are, hopefully, taking positive, peaceful steps in our democracy. In a suburban area […]
Tags: Presidents
Could Trump Start a War? Speak Up
August 10th, 2017 · 2 Comments · Be a Mindful Activist
The last few days have felt to this baby boomer like the extremely tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962, when the United States and world clung on a precipice that could bring the start of a nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Yet, in this case, the situation of […]
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The Power of Facts in the Time of Trump
January 19th, 2017 · 12 Comments · Be a Mindful Activist
Finding and stating facts is an act of resistance in the age of Donald Trump. The Trump campaign already had stirred a strong sense that facts were under threat, besieged by a candidate who told untruths in both significant and casual ways, as Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star and others documented and compiled. Since […]
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Trump’s Danger, Hillary’s Challenge
October 21st, 2016 · 6 Comments · Beyond Gotham
Each day, we hear support and rationalizations from Donald Trump’s surrogates and various fellow Republicans concerning his extreme, impulsive, and threatening conduct and speech. What does it say, however, when Trump repeatedly claims that the election is rigged due to “widespread” voter fraud and then refuses to say if he will accept the results if […]
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Women Who Made the Way Before Hillary
July 29th, 2016 · 4 Comments · Beyond Gotham
“We the people” finally became much more of a reality for women when Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States yesterday. She is the first woman to secure a major party nomination in the Presidential election. To say that this moment has been a long time coming is understatement. […]
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