Give us Barry

Great Britain has its Palace of Westminster also called the Houses of Parliament. We have Barry. The Victorian Gothic structure on the Thames, carved and gilded with stained glass stuns the eye and mind with its magnificence. We have Barry. A draftsman and architect of the project, Pugin, before the age of 30, built 22 churches, 3 cathedrals, several schools and a monastery. We have community activist, Barry. ( Pugin died at 40; unfortunately, we still have Barry). The magnificent London palace died twice. In 1834, the old structure was destroyed by fire; in 1941 the House of Commons suffered bombing. But a masterpiece of architecture and tradition, rebuilt, embellished and expanded over time, still impresses human imagination today. We have Barry - America’s edifice to the culmination of progress and tradition. We have Barry with his incredible lightness of being. Luckily he was elected by only a quarter of the populace similarly bantam-like in their grasp of reality and the heavy issues confronting our country today. We who oppose him are the lucky ones. We hope his policies and programs fail to take America down the European road of creeping socialism. Granted we have our Pentagon and White House but America still does not have a Palace of Westminster on the Thames. We have Barry.