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* US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia Lawrence B. Wilkerson, retired US Army Colonel, former chief of staff to U.S. Sec. of State Colin Powell Producer: Scott Harris
* Active Duty US Soldiers ‘Appeal for Redress’ to Voice Opposition to America's Role in Israel's War in Gaza Juan Bettancourt Senior Airman, on active duty while seeking conscientious objector separation Producer: Scott Harris
* Two years after Roe was Overturned New Play Tells the Stories of Women Who Had Abortions Before it was Legal Martha Boesing and Victoria Rule, who created “Voices from the Silenced” Producer: Melinda Tuhus

On this episode of “Spotlight on Arts and Culture,” founders of ‘The Hive’ Frederic Chui and Jeanine Esposito talk about how they engage community through the arts and engaging community conversations. Tune in!

-A large dome of high pressure causing excessive heat
-1,000 pilgrims on Hajj lose lives due to heat
-India touches new highs at 127.22 F
-Greek tourists dying due to excessive heat
-Capri halts the arrival of tourists due to no water
-3 States have sued U.S, to protect Oil and Gas industry
-The Plastic Recycling Deception
-The American Climate Corps deploys 9,000 workers

Luisa Maria Gonzalez, Prensa Latina's Vice President of the News Division, speaks about the Cuba-based global news outlet and its role in providing alternative coverage to the Global South.

Interview by Richard Hill on June 4, 2024

* Israel's New Air War in the West Bank Kills Rising Number of Palestinian Children; Catherine Cartier, a journalist pursuing an MA in Global Journalism & Near Eastern Studies at NYU; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas Projects; Emily Sanders, Senior Reporter with ExxonKnews.org; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
* SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent Reform; John Bonifaz, Co-founder and President of the group Free Speech For People; Producer: Scott Harris.

Thursday, September 20, 2022, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Duo Dickinson

What is “Good Architecture?” Morally? Ethically? Aesthetic? Every person has a sense of “Good” – in life and its outcomes – and architecture synthesizes humanity’s values – both universal and fully idiosyncratic.

ArchDaily is the preeminent architectural website, with 3 million visits a week, often 1 million in a day: They ask me to write once a month for them on their monthly Site Topic: This week’s topic is What Makes Architectural Beauty?” Here is my piece out THIS MORNING: https://www.archdaily.com/989288/is-good-architecture-synonymous-with-beauty

For fifty years architect and scientist Christopher Alexander spent his life defining what is “Good Architecture.” He wrote that “Good Architecture” has an essential truth: “The quality is objective and precise but cannot be named.” His (and many others) pursuit of “Wholeness” in architecture was fully “objective and precise” but in the end came to have the result of “Beauty” without any other definition.

When lifetimes are spent in architecture to an end that “cannot be named”, the acceptance of the fact that we cannot define, let alone control “Beauty” is daunting. Leonardo da Vinci offered a prescription that defies any control by the creator: “Life is pretty simple. You do some stuff. Most Fails. Some works. You do more of what works.” Beyond building, what works to make architecture, is “Beauty.” Humanity wants to define and control and reproduce success – but if success in making “Good Architecture” is facilitating the uncontrollable responses that are manifest in our genetics, then “Beauty” is out of our control.

The exquisitely subjective reality of our humanity has a universality of truth in architecture. I think finding what is already there within each of us and listening to that essential reality, “without a name”, is the hardest and most natural way to define “Good Architecture.

The measure of “Good Architecture” is found in every human, much to the frustration of those who seek to validate their worth in judgments born of rationalization. As the writer Henry James said, “I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.”

A group of people join HOME PAGE – architects, real estate brokers, editors – to give their life-long realizations on what they find to be “Good” in architecture. Architects Turner Brooks,Steve Mouzon, Clay Chapman, Realtor Leigh Whiteman, Editor Martin Pedersen, Architecture Dean Jim Fuller, Builder Keith Knickerbocker give us their thoughts! JOIN US!