Gettysburg_National_Military_Park_33 (1) 800px-Gettysburg_Battle_Map_Day1 220px-Gettysburg_Battle_Map_Day2 220px-Gettysburg_Battle_Map_Day3

Crossroads at Gettysburg

Posted on by bfaure 1 Comment
Today’s society is inwardly directed and struggles to grasp the forces of history that often re-orient destiny.  When the republic was newer, however,  and more attuned to the circumstances and elements of its birth,  most citizens had an acute recognition of the role of action and consequence.  The concept of historical crossroads, a point of […]... Read More
2028081

A Republic – If you can keep it…

Posted on by bfaure 1 Comment
  Upon deliberating and formulating in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a mechanism of governance for the ages,  Benjamin Franklin left Independence Hall in Philadelphia.  Stopped on the steps by a well wisher, he was asked about the outcome of the secretive deliberations.  “Well Doctor, what have we got?  A Republic or a Monarchy?”  The […]... Read More
Unknown 104415418-RTS130N4.1910x1000

Venezuela: The Dream State Becomes a Nightmare

Posted on by bfaure Leave a comment
In 1921, the brutal Russian Revolution originally born in 1917, first, to overthrow the Czarist rule and subsequently, the nidus of a social democratic structure, was coming to a climax.  The Red Army, infused with the radicalist furor of the Bolsheviks, had nearly completely eradicated the White Army, a loose collection of monarchists, non-bolshevik democrats, and […]... Read More
324204AF00000578-3496099-image-a-51_1458173301068

Matador

Posted on by bfaure 1 Comment
The matador lives in a world of complete peril, using concentration and will to exist in a very dangerous space where a beast infinitely more powerful then himself looks for any sign of weakness or fear to destroy him.   The matador gets the juice of having survived the closest of encounters threatening complete destruction.  The beast […]... Read More
300px-Army_B-25_(Doolittle_Raid) 170418-F-VZ654-004

The Last Raider

Posted on by bfaure Leave a comment
In the lead plane, the fuselage visibly shook as two massive engines strained against the restraints, driving rpms sufficient to create the escape velocity needed to lift the fuel and munition laden bomber across and safely off the short 500 feet of flight deck available to them on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet.  In the co-pilot […]... Read More
US_Syria_20748.jpg-1c11f_c0-1314-2998-3061_s885x516

It Gets Syria-ous

Posted on by bfaure Leave a comment
  Its been fun and games for opponents and media deriding the inexperienced Trump administration’s floundering around as the new President has adjusted to the massive difference between being an outsider deriding leaders for their actions or inactions, and being the leader of the world’s most powerful nation and head of the world’s most demanding […]... Read More
#186 00267u.tif

Yearning for the next Great Awakening

Posted on by bfaure Leave a comment
  The Christian world is anticipating the most important days on the calendar.  From Palm Sunday,celebrating the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, through the events leading to the Last Supper, the solemnity of Good Friday reflecting the Passion of Christ culminating in the crucifixion, and the subsequent Resurrection on Easter Sunday,  the believer reflects upon the […]... Read More
-joint-session-of-congress

Democracy Makes a Little Comeback

Posted on by bfaure Leave a comment
Don’t look now, but the democratic process is making a little comeback.  On March 6, 2017, the Speaker of the House of Representatives proposed a structural bill to re-imagine health care in the United States.  Almost immediately and uniformly, everybody found something wrong with it.  And Ramparts couldn’t be happier. The difficult, but ultimately elevating process […]... Read More
moment4

Asking For Trouble

Posted on by bfaure Leave a comment
There was a time where a new administration was given a little room to maneuver, assess the lay of the land, and propose their version of the future.  It was euphemistically called the ‘honeymoon’ period.  With the tensions of the political battle settled by the democratic vote, all sides took a breath and allowed the […]... Read More