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The need for a new kind of alertness
Mark Sappenfield
A second attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump raises questions the world is struggling to answer. The United States is not alone. Europe faces a spike in political violence, too. How do nations turn down the tone of political apocalypse at a time of significant change?
Christa Case Bryant notes something important today – an increased alertness among those entrusted to protect politicians in the U.S. It is not too much to say that a similar mental alertness is needed among all of us to recognize that anger and hatred are their own forms of violence.
