Kesennuma No More

Posted on March 29, 2011March 29, 2011 by bfaure 1 Comment

This blog essentially relates the journey of western civilization, both currently and historically, from the human perspective in both challenge and triumph. As spectacular as human capacity can be, the awesome force that Nature can apply, to make small the mightiest of civilization’s achievements, was brought to bear in Japan’s devastating 9.0 earthquake of […]... Read More

THE AUTHORS OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS -HAMILTON, MADISON, AND JAY

Can Our Democracy Survive Without A Legislative Branch?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by bfaure 3 Comments

The recent upheavals in Madison, Wisconsin have focused attention on the progressive inattention of citizens to the carefully thought out structure that drives this nation’s democratic republic. Although dramatically exemplified by the attempt of a county district judge to suspend the lawful process of a bicameral legislature, it is more profoundly about the national […]... Read More

The “This Is Not A War” War

Posted on March 26, 2011March 26, 2011 by bfaure 1 Comment

We live in an age of hypocrisy so it is not shocking to have found ourselves in one of the most hypocritical of contests of will. The United States and assorted allies have spent the past week participating in what has been termed by a winking dupe of the executive branch a “kinetic military […]... Read More

Rodgers and Hart

Posted on March 20, 2011March 20, 2011 by bfaure Leave a comment

Something magical in the world of music that approaches Divine intervention occurred around the turn of the twentieth century in the the tight, crowded tenements of New York City. In the space of a few years, giants of lyric and melody that have defined the American Experience for over a century and have brought […]... Read More

THE DEATH OF SOCRATES - GIAMBETTINO CIGNAROLI

Where Have The Experts Gone?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by bfaure Leave a comment

As the world seems to be battered by one “surprise” after another and current leaders seem clueless to fashion a logical and committed strategy to begin to tackle any of these problems, the question arises, where have the experts gone? The can do spirit of the twentieth century to conquer some of the most […]... Read More

President Obama at the Height of the Libyan Crisis reviews his basketball picks

The Re-Incarnation of President Buchanan

Posted on March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 by bfaure Leave a comment

At the close of his Presidency in 1861, with multiple states having declared secession and the federal military post Fort Sumter faced with violent attack from its own countrymen, President James Buchanan presided over a State of the Union address that summarized his four year policy of “indecisive indecision” on the subject of secession. […]... Read More

The Wisconsin Drama

Posted on March 13, 2011 by bfaure Leave a comment

A brief Sunday evening update for the “Inside Baseball” addition of the recent political drama that unfolded over the last month in the state of Wisconsin. In a terrific piece of reporting, the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes, a Wisconsin native, and John McCormack describe the tense struggle between the republican and democrat leaders […]... Read More

People We Should Know, #10 – Alicia De Larrocha

Posted on March 13, 2011 by bfaure 1 Comment

Music is a universal medium that immediately explains the unique colors and emotions of all of humanity in a way no other language could. What separates us in our dialects, grammatical contexts and difficult verb tenses and behaviors, is brought together by the brilliant translators of the language of music. One such legendary translator […]... Read More

MASSIVE UNION PROTESTS IN THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL

VIOLENT PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO STORM THE ASSEMBLY - photo msnbc

Aftermath

Posted on March 12, 2011March 12, 2011 by bfaure 1 Comment

After almost a month of turmoil and chaos in the Capitol Building of the state of Wisconsin, the State Senate of Wisconsin on the night of March 9th brought to a crashing halt the sense of drift and paralysis that the state’s legislative process had become. Unable to secure a quorum for a controversial […]... Read More

usa-income-statement- MARY MEEKER (analysis of USA,Inc)

While Rome Burns

Posted on March 10, 2011March 12, 2011 by bfaure Leave a comment

In a no holds bared debate, the US Senate recently reviewed two plans for cutting budgetary items in the residual 2010 fiscal year. This was required was due to the lassitude of the previous reactionary Congress, recently voted out of office by the American public, who found themselves unable to perform their constitutional duties and submit an […]... Read More

Ramparts of Civilization

Come Defend The Ramparts!

Month: March 2011