The Battle of Britain

Posted on September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by bfaure Leave a comment

“What General Weygand has called The Battle of France is over. The battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization Upon it depends our own British life and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon […]... Read More

Boehner and the Tea Party Insurrection

Posted on September 26, 2015September 26, 2015 by bfaure Leave a comment

Speaker of the House, John Boehner, third in line to the Presidency of the United States, was felled by a procedural dispute. The dispute unfortunately for him was with a group of congressmen and women he could no longer ignore, or avoid. Maligned and derided, miscast as at best doofuses or at worst racists, the tea party […]... Read More

Media Democracy

Posted on September 19, 2015September 19, 2015 by bfaure Leave a comment

Television was barely a decade old in being available to a substantial cross section of the American public, when it vaulted to the role of ‘decider’ in the nation’s democratic process. On the night of October 7th, 1960, two politicians vetted their philosophies in front of a large shared real time audience, and television was there […]... Read More

War and Peace

Posted on September 6, 2015 by bfaure Leave a comment

In between golfing expeditions on his recent extended summer vacation, the President of the United States must have at various times noted the recent news of the day. There was of course that irritating Hillary Clinton struggling to explain how she had determined to house the nation’s secrets on an unguarded server for her own […]... Read More

Ramparts of Civilization

Come Defend The Ramparts!

Month: September 2015

The Battle of Britain

Boehner and the Tea Party Insurrection

Media Democracy

War and Peace