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Liberty Has Its Own Timetable

Posted on February 23, 2014February 23, 2014 by bfaure Leave a comment

The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants – Thomas Jefferson On February 21th, diplomatic representatives of the European Union, the President of the Ukraine, leaders of Ukrainian opposition groups, and Russian foreign diplomats agreed to a compromise to seek a way out of the […]... Read More

El Pretendiente Is No Bolivar

Posted on February 16, 2014 by bfaure Leave a comment

On September 7th 1821, General Simon Bolivar stood astride a liberated land colossus of current day Venezuela, Columbia, Bolivia, Peru, Panama and northwest Brazil as President of the republic of Gran Columbia. Born of the age of Enlightenment, and intensely shaped by the American and French Revolutions, Bolivar envisioned the possibilities of his own native […]... Read More

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It Turns Out, the World is Still a Dangerous Place…

Posted on December 15, 2013 by bfaure Leave a comment

The Obama administration has had a fairly busy month trying to keep a wayward internet site from flummoxing up people’s health insurance coverage, charging inadvertently their bank accounts for insurance they did not yet have, and struggling to maintain the site with a capacity for volume and security remotely consistent with sites one fiftieth […]... Read More

Peace In Our Time

Posted on November 16, 2013November 17, 2013 by bfaure Leave a comment

On September 30th, 1938 an ebullient Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain spoke in front of an enraptured crowd, having just stepped of the plane from his triumphant visit and negotiations with the once Chancellor now Fuhrer of Germany, Adolph Hitler. Raising a piece of paper above his head he declared that what he had achieved was “peace […]... Read More

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The New Kind of Monument

Posted on October 12, 2013 by bfaure Leave a comment

The battle between the incredible shrinking president and congress plods along with no end in site of any kind of solution that will not involve the requirement to squeeze the tip of one’s nose to eliminate the acrid odor of what will be ‘the deal’. The perspectives of country and principle that at one […]... Read More

Insane Asylum

Posted on October 5, 2013 by bfaure Leave a comment

In 475 AD, the western Roman Empire received its new emperor, Romulus Augustulus. This particular child, estimated to be about 15 years of age when elevated to the pinnacle of Roman power by his father Orestes to serve as a figurehead, is known to us only because he was deposed by the German chieftain Odoacer […]... Read More

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Posted on September 7, 2013September 8, 2013 by bfaure Leave a comment

In ancient Greek mythology, sailors determining to traverse the straits of Messina faced an intolerable dilemma. Hugging the northern coast of Sicily led them directly to the cave of Scylla, a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster with a predilection for devouring sailors. Trend to far off the coast to avoid Scylla, and the journey ended […]... Read More

Now What?

Posted on August 24, 2013 by bfaure 2 Comments

The reports of the past week suggest that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons against rebel strongholds on the suburbs of Damascus . As the Syrian conflict goes from bad to worse to intolerably worse to indescribably worse, the extent of the damage incurred by the United States of having a ‘no policy’ policy is becoming ever so […]... Read More

The Governors

Posted on August 18, 2013 by bfaure Leave a comment

I’ve always had a rule when thinking about presidential politics. It has kept me from the mindless speculation and useless musing that infects so many others, years from any serious vetting for an election. The rule has been: We have a President. Elections are meant to matter in a functioning democracy, and a national election for […]... Read More

Dog Days of Summer

Posted on August 10, 2013 by bfaure 1 Comment

The dog days of summer are upon us. Not a particularly hot summer but it had its moments. The persistence of a warm day absorbs our energies and makes the worries and concerns of a complicated life seemingly remote. Try as we might to keep our eyes open to the issues of the times, the comforting rays […]... Read More

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