Follow Up to the Benghazi Debacle – The Story Takes A Darker Shape

Posted on October 28, 2012 by bfaure Leave a comment

The story of the terrorist assault on the U.S. Benghazi Consulate on September 11th,2012, continues to take shape, and shake the confidence we hold in our leaders to tell us the truth regarding the perils and threats to the nation. Bret Baier of Fox News has put together a must see summary of the conditions […]... Read More

The Benghazi Debacle Grows From Bad to Scandalous

Posted on October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 by bfaure Leave a comment

On September 11th, 2012, something truly awful happened to America at the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. At first glance, it might be said it was the deaths of four brave American representatives serving their country in a battle to defend American territory in a godforsaken backwater of a country in the throws of post […]... Read More

GEORGE WASHINGTON- Gilbert Stuart- Corcoran Gallery

1792 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Plan of the City of Washington, March 1792, Library of Congress

Mount Corcoran - Albert Bierstadt- Corcoran Gallery

Niagara Falls- Frederic Edwin Church- Corcoran Gallery

The Last of the Buffalo - Albert Bierstadt - Corcoran Gallery

Ginevra de Benci- DaVinci- National Gallery of Art

Woman Holding A Balance- Johannes Vermeer- National Gallery of Art

Breezing Up - Winslow Homer - National Gallery of Art

Street in Venice - John Singer Sargent- National Gallery of Art

Repose - Singer Sargent - National Gallery of Art

Keelmen Heaving Coals in Moonlight - JMW Turner- NAtional Gallery of Art

Spirit of St Louis- Smithsonian Air and Space

German Messerschmidt - Air and Space Smithsonian

Russian Soyuz- Air And Space Smithsonian

CEREMONIAL DRESS- LAKOTA CHIEF- Museum of the American Indian

CHEYENNE CEREMONIAL DRESS - Ben Nighthorse Campbell- Museum of the American Indian

Re-Acquainting with our National Treasures – the Museums

Posted on October 20, 2012 by bfaure Leave a comment

The national capital of the United States is not only the citadel of governance for the world’s most powerful democracy, it is also the repository for an incredible diversity of treasures of art, science, culture, and history. The city itself was designed as a jewel of urban expression by the famed architect Pierre L’Enfant, presented […]... Read More

Re-Acquainting With Our National Treasures – The Monuments

Posted on October 14, 2012 by bfaure Leave a comment

I had the occasion this past week to plum with some depth the national treasure that is our nation’s capital, Washington D.C. I had visited it some eighteen years before, but viewed the incredible wealth of venues as a quick aside to a business trip. I was determined this time, to absorb with more gravity, […]... Read More

Debates – 2012 Style – A Tragic Comedy

Posted on October 13, 2012October 13, 2012 by bfaure Leave a comment

In 1858, the Illinois senatorial contest between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas was occasioned by the most spectacular debates between the two men, that to this day resonate with passion and intellect and remain a focus of intense study. The arguments were carefully constructed, the rebuttals pointed and clarifying, the respect for each other’s […]... Read More

The World Waits For No Campaign

Posted on October 7, 2012 by bfaure Leave a comment

The U.S. presidential campaign rumbles on after the debate regarding domestic issues with an intensified focus. The predominant issue of the American economy and what should be the guiding philosophy behind its management dominated the debate and most of the past year’s political discourse. In a few weeks the candidates will turn their debate attention […]... Read More

The Emperor Has No Clothes

Posted on October 4, 2012 by bfaure 1 Comment

The great Danish author of morality tales, Hans Christen Andersen, tells the story of a vain emperor who is sold a special “invisible cloth” by two conniving tailors who entice the emperor to purchase the fantasy cloth by proclaiming the cloth invisible only to those undeserving or too incompetent for their public posts. The emperor, […]... Read More

Ramparts of Civilization

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Month: October 2012